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Style: Victorian
Small Antique Display Pedestal, English, Oak, Jardiniere, Bust Stand, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique display pedestal. An English, oak jardiniere or bust stand, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Appea...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Victorian Obelisks
Materials
Oak
Malachite & Black Marble Obelisks
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of large reclaimed malachite and black marble obelisks. This pair of matching neoclassical style obelisks are suitable for any interior, making a striking statement either sid...
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Victorian Obelisks
Materials
Malachite, Marble
Antique Pietra Dura Marble Desk Obelisk Thermometer Ashford Blue John Derbyshire
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & large antique black marble & specimen stone desk obelisk & thermometer, Ashford Derbyshire, circa 1860.
This large 15.5" tall obelisk is made of Derbyshire black marble. The...
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1860s English Antique Victorian Obelisks
Materials
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Antique Pietra Dura Marble Ashford Desk Obelisk Thermometer Buxton Derbyshire
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & large antique black marble & specimen stone desk obelisk & thermometer, Ashford Derbyshire, circa 1860.
This large 14.75" obelisk is made of Derbyshire black marble. The obelisk is very elegantly inlaid with a variety of semi-precious polished hard-stone, including Derbyshire Blue John, lapis lazuli, malachite, Carrara marble, polished agate etc.
The top of the obelisk is inlaid with colored stone in a floral design, below is a mercury thermometer with the name "J, Turner Buxton", the thermometer is fully functioning, the base is also inlaid with colored stone in a floral design, the obelisk is raised on a stepped base.
Condition is very good, no damage or restoration, this very elegant obelisk is ready to grace your home or office.
Ashford Black Marble is the name given to a dark limestone, quarried from mines near Ashford-in-the-Water, in Derbyshire, England. Once cut, turned and polished, its shiny black surface is highly decorative. Ashford Black Marble is a very fine-grained sedimentary rock and is not a true marble in the geological sense. It can be cut and inlaid with other decorative stones and minerals, using a technique known as Pietra Dura. The mineral has been used decoratively since prehistoric times; the first recorded customer was the Elizabethan Countess, Bess of Hardwick...
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1860s English Antique Victorian Obelisks
Materials
Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Carrara Marble
19th Century Carved Mahogany Pedestal Torchere
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th century carved mahogany pedestal torchere
The column has a tight barley twist turning, both top and bottom are round, the top has a small lip...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Victorian Obelisks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Carved Mahogany Pedestal Torchere
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th century carved mahogany pedestal torchere
The column has a barley twist turning, both top and bottom are round, the top has a small lip and t...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Victorian Obelisks
Materials
Mahogany
Amethyst & White Statuary Marble Obelisks
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of large reclaimed amethyst and white statuary marble obelisks. This pair of matching neoclassical style obelisks are suitable for any interior, modern or period.
Dating to t...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Victorian Obelisks
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Amethyst, Marble, Statuary Marble
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