Pillar
Christopher Moore (Dublin 1787 - Dublin 1863)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1832
Materials
Scagliola
Measurements
1140 mm (Height); 390 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151797.2
Summary
Scagliola pillar. A pillar of imitation Sienna marble. Inscr. 'C.Moore Sculp. London, 1832', on which stands a plaster bust of Sir Charles Cust by Christopher Moore (1787-1863), modelled in the classical manner. The Hon. Charles Henry Cust was born on 27 September 1813. He was the son of John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow (1779-1853) and Amelia Sophia Hume (1787/8-1814) He married Caroline Sophia Macdonald (d.1887), daughter of Ranald George Macdonald of Clanranald and Moidart and of Benbecula (1788-1873) and Lady Caroline Anne Edgcumbe (d.1824), on 8 September 1842. He was a Captain in the Royal Horse Guards and MP for North Shropshire. Child of Hon. Charles Henry Cust and Caroline Sophia Macdonald 1.Alice Marian (1845-1919) married Lt.-Col. Allan Roger Charles Porcelli-Cust Charles Henry Cust died on 23 May 1875 at age 61.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Marks and inscriptions
C.Moore Sculp. London, 1832
Makers and roles
Christopher Moore (Dublin 1787 - Dublin 1863), sculptor