Hot Pamono Antique Italian Statuary Baroque Style Fireplace Mantel in White Marble, 1850

A large Baroque style mid 19th century Italian fireplace executed in Statuary white marble. Every element of this surround decadently carved from solid pieces of marble. The jambs with cantered console shaped brackets, scrolled acanthus, swags of floral drapery and a sculptured figural winged putto supported on large plinth blocks. The spandrels with conforming, flowing floral swags and drapery, meeting a large figural keystone tablet again in high relief of embracing sculptured winged Putti. All beneath a large serpentine shelf. A finely carved romantic piece celebrating love. Purchased from an estate in Lewes on the south cost of England, with some historic reference ( F. Frankfort Moore) of being purchased in The Great Exhibition of 1851. Opening Size 90cm H x 100cm W Italy Circa 1850.