An Attractive Late 19thC Faux Lead Painted Stone Statue of The Capitoline Venus antiques within an ebony frame

within an ebony frame

but at the turn of the century

the drawers run smooth with the carcass structurally sound and it has had small concealed contemporary bun feet added to each corner so that it is slightly elevated from the ground

the future King William III

Overall condition is sound

An Attractive Late 19thC Faux Lead Painted Stone Statue of The Capitoline Venus antiques within an ebony frameOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 90 Height: 31. 5 Base: 8 Octagonal The decorative and attractive painted composition stone statue of the Capitoline Venus, in a contrapposto stance, the weight of the body shifted from the right leg to the left, depicting the goddess immediately before taking a bath, standing on an octagonal base by her toilette, the whole painted to imitate lead and surviving from Victorian