19th Century Statuary White and Sienna Marble Neoclassical Fireplace Mantel

An early to mid 19th c fireplace in Statuary white and jasper marbles. The fluted pilaster jambs stood on foot blockings, with Jasper marble ingrounds, surmounted by carve corner blo...

An antique English marble fireplace circa 1830-1840 In Italian white marble with panelled frieze and arched panelled jambs on plinths...

Provenance: 32 Belgrave Square, thought to have been installed by David Hicks. A late 18th century style chimneypiece in Statuary and Siena marbles of truly exceptional quality. The moulded shelf, carved with dentils and Egg & Dart, breaks forward above the central tablet and square corner blocks. The tablet depicts a scene of Bacchic putti dancing and revelling with music, some holding grapes and ewers of wine, one holding a Thrysus, a spear headed by an acorn often carried by Bacchus, to the right a putto has the legs of a goat, and centred with a putto riding a finely carved ram. The tablet flanked by a frieze decorated by alternating finger flutes inlaid with Siena, and carved finely carved bows and flowers. The cornerblocks, carved to the front with Roman urns, sit above composite Ionic columns, also inlaid with Siena flutes. The columns are fully detached in the round, on turned socle plinths above square footblocks. The convent Siena is of particularly noteworthy quality. The Ram is emblematic in classical and Georgian sculpture...

A good quality late Georgian statuary and Siena marble fireplace. Finely carved urn to centre tablet with flowing drapery and foliage. The fluted jambs surmounted by similar carved u...