A ROMAN SPECIMEN MARBLE PAPERWEIGHT

Lot 9
08.02.2024 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 9 | A ROMAN SPECIMEN MARBLE PAPERWEIGHT
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
A ROMAN SPECIMEN MARBLE PAPERWEIGHT

ATTRIBUTED TO GIACOMO RAFAELLI (1753-1836), EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Together with a Victorian alabaster paperweight, 19th century, bearing leather label inscribed 'MARBLE SLAB FROM THE PALACE OF SENNACHERIB, NINEVAH, SHEWING THE ACTION OF THE FIRE' and a continental silver-mounted lazurite snuff-box

The Roman paperweight: 6 ¾ x 3 ¾ in. (17 x 9.5 cm.)

The alabaster paperweight: 5 ¼ x 2 ¾ in. (13.5 x 7 cm.)

The snuff-box: 3 in. (7.5 cm.) wide, overall





Provenance

The Roman specimen paperweight: with Alexander di Carcaci, London, where purchased by Philip Hewat-Jaboor in March 2018.

The snuff-box: Sir William Miles Aykroyd, 3rd Baronet (1923-2007), and thence by descent.

The alabaster paperweight: with James Graham-Stewart, London, where purchased by Philip Hewat-Jaboor in April 1998.
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