Altar
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1820
Materials
Fine crystal marble. North side Kilkenny black marble, limestone, Wicklow granite.
Measurements
610 x 590 mm
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Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 803155
Summary
Fine crystal marble Greek low altar on a Wicklow granite base, from Delos. Decorated with relief swags of fruit; mounted on a granite base in the form of a St. Andrew's cross.
Provenance
Brought to Sissinghurst in 1936.
Marks and inscriptions
'July 1838. Alas to this date a Hum Bug' (on Sir George Cockburn's plaque)