Victorian Arched Verdi Antico Marble Mantel, 'VIC-ZA76'

A large and imposing Victorian arched fireplace carved in Italian white marble. The massive plain moulded shelf is supported on twin scrolle...

A large and imposing Victorian arched fireplace carved in white statuary marble. The massive plain moulded shelf is supported on twin scroll...

A large and masculine 19th century arched fireplace surround carved in rich vareated Verde Antico marble, a generous double thick bullnose shelf rests above a stepped and moulded under cornice, supported by a raised scalloped fluted keystone, and flanked by a pair of large spandrels each carved with relief shaped fielded panels and moulding. Quarter round side returns connect to deep revels, all resting on large shaped foot blocks with Belgian Black Marble insert cappings, a splendid and exceptional example shown with its original highlighted arch cast iron insert. Scottish, circa 1895 Arch opening size: 908mm high x 1033mm wide. Overall base block width: 1828mm Marble notes: Verde Antico marble is a breccia of serpentinite, schistose calc-silicate and crystallite marble clasps in a lime-green serpentine matrix, from Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, the quarries were re-opened sometime between 1895- 1905, for the first time since the reign of the Emperor Justinian (483-565) A similar type marble has been obtained in later years from Northern Italy that was both cheaper and faster to extract. Examples of this can be found all over the world, circa 1930 Cartier...

This small scale English Regency style mantel is carved from warm white marble with gray veining and inlaid with Verde Antico - a rich green marble with striking light green veining....

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This small scale English Regency style mantel is carved from white statuary marble inlaid with Verde Antico. This rich green inlay runs the length of the jambs and across the apron, ...

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