Tortoise
Category
Stone
Date
1940 - 1990
Materials
Stone
Measurements
31 x 50 x 42 mm
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2 Willow Road, London
NT 113092
Summary
A polished stone carved into the image of a tortoise. With head lifted aloft and and two front feet forward, with incised tesselating polygons on the back.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Ernö Goldfinger (1902-1987) and Ursula Ruth Blackwell, Mrs Ernö Goldfinger (d.1991), formally acquired in 1994.