Stone pedestal for one of a pair of griffins couchant
possibly British (English) School
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Stone
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516620.1.2
Summary
Rectangular stone pedestal for one of a pair of stone guardian griffins, probably Italian, 18th century.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (The National Trust)
Makers and roles
possibly British (English) School, sculptor possibly German School, sculptor
References
Christie, Manson & Woods 1971: The National Trust, Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge. Inventory: Furniture, Textiles, Porcelain, Bronzes, Sculpture and Garden Ornaments’, 1971, p. 161. Anglesey Abbey Garden, Cambridgeshire, The National Trust, London 1997, p. 14. Roper 1964: Lanning Roper, The Gardens of Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire. The Home of Lord Fairhaven, London 1964, pp. 66-7, pl. 49b.