Venetian Holy Water Font c.1750 in Rosa Antico Sicilian Marble

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Venetian Holy Water Font c.1750 in Rosa Antico Sicilian MarbleA sublime classically formed Venetian Font c. 1750 in Rosa Antico Sicilian Marble. Hand carved in a predominantly pink marble called Rosa Antico Sicily a brecciated marble with limestone clasts of indefinite shape, punctuated by the presence of whitish veins and bodies of Onyx. This Sicilian marble is often used to contain Holy Water in the architecture of ancient historical dwelling Private Villas, Chapels and Churches within Italy and Sicily. A

Most of the rooms were redecorated in the mid-late 19th Century

A wonderful statement for your garden or pool

Still life with Giant Clam Shells and faience Maiolica water jug

who reigned from 1580-1630

yet they hold themselves with a grace that feels deeply rooted in the earth’s seasonal rhythms

Autumn speaks of the changing of seasons

executed in limewood and retaining traces of its original gesso ground

revealing its age through areas of surface wear

designed to envelop the sitter and emphasise comfort and presence

The period defining Flemish Baroque was defined by the 16th and 17th Centuries when the Spanish Hapsburgs ruled present-day Belgium

Their trumpet shaped flowers signal the change of Spring to Summer

The cast iron cannon sits upon a carved and painted blue wooden frame with cast iron rivets and wheels with its original loading rammer