Stock No: 4755

A rare and imposing limestone finely sculpted English Renaissance Mannerist antique mantle, the carved frieze centred by a cartouche flanked by elaborate acanthus foliage with male and female tritons, the jambs in the form of caryatids decorated with a lions head with drapery and strap-work on a mounted plinth foot block.
Provenance: Croydon Hall in the Parish of Timberscombe, West Somerset.
Early 17th century, circa 1620.

Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600