A Pair of Derbyshire Inlaid and Black Marble Obelisks
ENGLAND, c. 1850
Both columns with “scrapwork” or “patchwork” specimen marble inlay, above inlaid floral splays in the base; the first representing pansies with Florentine marble and coloured shell, the other representing white jasmin with malachite and shell, on a stepped plinth bases of polished Derbyshire limestone, retaining traces of the original red paper linings to the under side.
Height: 23.23in (59cm)
Literature:
See John Michael Tomlinson, “Derbyshire Black Marble”, published by The Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd, 1996, p. 48, pl. 24 for a similar obelisk now in the collection of Buxton Museum.
Condition:
Some minor chips to the edges of the plinth base, otherwise in exceptionally good overall original condition.
