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An 18th century English marble chimneypiece
A Eighteenth century veined white marble flat bolection mould chimney-piece decorated to the centre with a carved shield of four martlets between the arms of a cross, attributed to Edward the Confessor (1042-1066) the founder of Westminster Abbey based on a coin minted during his reign. (See Heraldry Sources, Symbols and Meaning, Ottfried Neubecker p.30)
PROVENANCE
Reputedly from Magdalen College, Oxford.
English, Circa 1740.
CIRCA DATE1740
MEASUREMENTS
WIDTH
54 INS
(137 CMS)
HEIGHT
47 ½ INS
(137 CMS)
INTERIOR WIDTH
38 INS
(96.5 CMS)
INTERIOR HEIGHT
38 ¾ INS
(98.5 CMS)
