Live Auction 7806Lord St. Helens and Sir William FitzHerbert The Collections of a Diplomat and a Courtier
A PAIR OF GEORGE III CARVED AJOUREE MARBLE RAMS MASKS
Lot 545

A PAIR OF GEORGE III CARVED AJOUREE MARBLE RAMS MASKS

PROBABLY ENGLISH AND LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed22 January 2009

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III CARVED AJOUREE MARBLE RAMS MASKS
PROBABLY ENGLISH AND LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each held surrounded by grapevines; probably formerly mounting on a vase or cistern; losses, repairs
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) wide, each (2)

Specialist note

Such festive vine-enwreathed bacchic ram heads provided appropriate embellishment for chimneypiece pilasters of banqueting and dining rooms around 1800, and had been popularised by chimneypiece patterns in G.B.Piranesis, Diverse Maniere dadornare I cammini, Rome, 1769.