Box lid
Antonio Odelli (Rome, 1785- Rome, 1872)
Category
Wooden objects
Date
c. 1854 - 1856
Materials
Wood
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
The Argory, County Armagh
NT 565575.1.2
Summary
Wooden box lid for the set of six plaster casts of sections of the Parthenon marbles, after John Henning the Elder (1771-1851), made and sold by Antonio Odelli (1785-1872), Rome; c. 1854-56. With Odelli's printed label on the inside.
Marks and inscriptions
Inside of box lid, printed label:: ANTONIO ODELLI / Incisore / DI CAMMEI E D’INTAGLI / presso il quale è ancora una copiosa / collezione in scatola di medaglie, e pietre / incise si antiche che moderne / Via delle Quattro Fontane N. 11 e 12 / IN ROMA. [Antonio Odelli, engraver of cameos and intaglio gems, at whose premises is also to be found an extensive collection, arranged in boxes, of both antique and modern medals and engraved gemstones. Via delle Quattro Fontane, nos. 11-12, in Rome]
Makers and roles
Antonio Odelli (Rome, 1785- Rome, 1872), maker