Herm satyr blowing a conch shell
probably British (English) School
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Limestone
Measurements
229 x 95 x 42 cm
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516667
Summary
Clunch (chalky limestone), a herm of a satyr blowing a conch shell, probably British (English) School, probably 18th century. A herm sculpture of a horned satyr draped in a goat's fleece, blowing into a conch shell, carved of chalky limestone. In a pair with NT 516666, a herm of a satyr playing panpipes.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (The National Trust)
Makers and roles
probably British (English) School, sculptor
References
Roper 1964: Lanning Roper, The Gardens of Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire. The Home of Lord Fairhaven, London 1964, p. 35, pl. 10. Christie, Manson & Woods 1971: The National Trust, Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge. Inventory: Furniture, Textiles, Porcelain, Bronzes, Sculpture and Garden Ornaments’, 1971, p. 173.