Africa
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
c. 1800 - c. 1825
Materials
Ormolu
Measurements
90 x 87 x 34 mm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 207340.2
Summary
Ormolu, Africa, one of a set of four relief ornaments depicting allegories of the continents, French, c. 1800-25. A cast and gilt bronze relief ornament or mount depicting the allegorical figure of Africa, half draped, sitting on a lion and holding a cornucopia in one hand and a scorpion in the other. Mounted on rectangular bases with egg and dart moulding.
Provenance
Part of the Bambridge Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1976 by Mrs Elsie Bambridge (1896-1976)