Coleridge Collection, 19th Century
The cartouche shaped marble plaque inset with micromosaic scenes including St. Peters, the Colosseum and the Pantheon, each with malachite border, with ‘Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection’ label, 18cm wide
Estimate: | £300 - £500 |
Hammer price: | £850 |
Provenance
The Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection
The late R.E. Summerfield, Esq., sold Christie’s, Cheltenham Racecourse, 23-28 October 1989, lot 2022.
Condition report:
Missing section of malachite to the left side medallion as shown in the illustration and a few tesserae. A small tessera missing from the bottom left of the right side medallion.
Quite a few small chips to the extremities; edges and underside, including one to the centre of the top edge and one to the bottom edge, centre. See extra images.