Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: red (ears of monsters).

Reverse
Back turned with a depression for (missing) mirror.
Incised inscription 'R.M.' on top rim.
Sundial drawn in ink on back.

Object Condition
Corner terminals are chipped; hole in the top.
Missing: part of the background to the right of the lady.

Provenance
Collection of the Hon. Robert Curzon, Jr. (b. 1810, d. 1873), latterly Lord Zouche, by 1851; purchased from the Zouche collection by the Museum in 1891.

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