Lot 490

After George Smith (active 1804-1828) A fine Regency period carved white marble chimney piece,

Auction: 28 June 2006 at 12:00 BST
£23,900
Description
designed in the manner of Henry Holland, the rectangular mantel shelf with cavetto leaf-carved frieze above uprights carved with Neoclassical herms with acanthus and athemion motifs, enclosing a frieze of stiff acanthus carving centred by a mask of Medusa, the whole enclosing a later verde antico green marble slip
Dimensions
188cm wide, 121cm high, 30cm deep
Footnote
Provenance; Pitfour House, St Madoes, Perthshire
Literature; George Smith, ‘A collection of designs for household furniture and interior decoration’, published 1808, plates 31, 154, 155
