An Adam period chimneypiece with Carytids and the infant Pan, Drawing Room, Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
British (English) School
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
Unknown
Materials
Marble
Measurements
140. cm (H)213.5 cm (W)
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Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
NT 1529896
Summary
White marble, An Adam period chimneypiece with Carytids and the infant Pan, Drawing Room, Hinton Ampner, Hampshire, British (English) School. An Adam period statuary mantelpiece supported by sculpted figures of Caryatids in classical dress holding cymbals standing on plinths sculpted with husked ribbon ties, the frieze centred by a group of a Satyr seated and reclining against a bolster and supporting a putto playing the Pipes of Pan flanked by twin panels sculpted with paterae suspended from husked ribbon ties. From Ashburnham Place, Sussex
Makers and roles
British (English) School, sculptor