A Louis XVI period mantlepiece with Ceres with a cornucopia within a surround of husks and fruiting vines, Yellow Bedroom, Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
French School
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
Unknown
Materials
Marble
Measurements
140.0 cm (H)175.0 cm (W)15.7 cm (D)
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Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
NT 1529898
Summary
marble, A Louis XVI period mantlepiece with Ceres with a cornucopia within a surround of husks and fruiting vines, Yellow Bedroom, Hinton Ampner, Hampshire, French School. A Louis XVI mantelpiece in white marble within a veined black and white marble surround, the fluted jambs surrounded by sculpted trophies d'amour, the centre panel sculpted with Ceres the goddess of agriculture and corn, standing by a cornucopia within a surround of husks and fruiting vines.
Makers and roles
French School, sculptor