An Early 19thC Continental Fragmentary Weathered White Marble Sculpture sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage and fascination with the eye

and fascination with the eye and vision in British culture

The gilding is original and shows rubbing showing the pink base bole underneath and there is a nice craquelure to the surface with some small losses throughout to the frame

the techniques actually used for this decoration are not always consistent

nigh-on totally original condition

Earl of Arundel and Surrey (1585–1646)

An Early 19thC Continental Fragmentary Weathered White Marble Sculpture sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage and fascination with the eyeOrigin: Italian or FrenchPeriod: Early Mid 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1820 50Height: 18Width: 12. 5Depth: 11The fragmentary carving, fashioned from one piece of white marble, showing two young children sitting upon a rocky outcrop, indistinctly signed and surviving only partially intact from the second quarter of nineteenth century France or Italy. The condition is wholly apparent and honest which is part of the appeal; one figures head is lost