Fountain
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
marble
Measurements
600 x 300 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 288061
Summary
A white marble fountain with a wide shallow bowl beneath a small bowl on a turned knopped stem. The lower bowl is also on a turned stem on a square base with scroll feet. A coat of arms is painted within a disc - the boar and claw within a garter strap inscribed, 'Degenerati Genus Opprobrium'. The base is red veined marble, the rest of the fountain is carved with decoration and painted.
Marks and inscriptions
Degenerati Genus Opprobrium (carved on base)