Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
A GROUP OF THREE 'GRAND TOUR' CISTERNS, ITALIAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
December 11, 04:05 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A GROUP OF THREE 'GRAND TOUR' CISTERNS, ITALIAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
the largest of Siena marble on figured grey marble base, in the manner of Benedetto Boschetti; the similar smaller example of Siena marble on figured grey marble base; the smallest of rosso antico on figured white marble base (3)
the largest: 10cm. high, 31cm. wide; 4in., 1ft. ¼in.; the smaller example: 6.7cm. high, 17.8cm. wide; 2¾in. high, 7in. wide; the smallest: 4.5cm. high, 9cm. wide; 1¾in. high, 3½in. wide
Probably Robert Berkeley (1764-1845) between 1816-1818.
Inventory, 1949, '[part] Two old marble drinking troughs on feet, 12” and 7” respectively' the corridors