Marble piece
Category
Models
Date
Unknown
Materials
Marble and paper
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 936114
Summary
Marble model of a Roman bath with two small marble stands and separate rectangular marble base. A label alluding to the patronage of the Duke of Devonshire is stuck to the base and a handwritten label describes the piece as 'a model of a Roman bath in rosewood marble from the Duke of Devonshire's quarry at Ashford, and now at Chatsworth, 1827'.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).