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Red Serpentine Marble Obelisk
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for sale €644     $699
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Cella

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    Specialists in the grand tour and french decorative objects, clocks and furniture, circa 1780-1880.
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Red Serpentine Marble Obelisk

19th century
For Sale by Cella
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A good example of an early 19th century English Neoclassical Grand Tour style rich red Serpentine marble obelisk. An elegant tall obelisk on a block with stepped marble base. England, circa 1830.

Physical Dimensions
Height
47cm (18.50")
Width
14cm (5.51")
Depth
14cm (5.51")
Declaration

Cella has dated this Red Serpentine Marble Obelisk to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1220292
Dealers Internal Reference
CA1093
Dealers Notes

Based in London, we are dealers in fine decorative antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries. We specialise in this era of enlightenment, neoclassicism and the Grand Tour, with its far reaching influence on style and taste in Britain, Continental Europe and beyond: elegance in the age of Napoleon. Our extensive stock covers all aspects of this period and decorative antiques influenced by the period. We constantly source new, beautiful items and upload to our site regularly. We are first and foremost antique collectors with over thirty years of experience; we only buy what we love and we hope you will too. Additional images can be supplied on request. More items are available on our website http://www.cellantiques.co.uk. We ship worldwide.

Description
A good example of an early 19th century English Neoclassical Grand Tour style rich red Serpentine marble obelisk. An elegant tall obelisk on a block with stepped marble base. England, circa 1830.
Height
47cm (18.50")
Width
14cm (5.51")
Depth
14cm (5.51")
Date of Manufacture

Cella has dated this Red Serpentine Marble Obelisk to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1220292
Dealers Internal Ref
CA1093
Cella
Cella
Sellingantiques verified Since May 2019

Specialists in the grand tour and french decorative objects, clocks and furniture, circa 1780-1880.

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A tall dark red and mottled black serpentine marble obelisk featuring a tapering four-sided spire set on a multi-tiered stepped base.
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Archive I A tall dark red and mottled black serpentine marble obelisk featuring a tapering four-sided spire set on a multi-tiered stepped base.

Red Serpentine Marble Obelisk

Archive II A tall dark red and mottled black serpentine marble obelisk featuring a tapering four-sided spire set on a multi-tiered stepped base. View II
Archive III A tall dark red and mottled black serpentine marble obelisk featuring a tapering four-sided spire set on a multi-tiered stepped base. View III
Archive IV A tall dark red and mottled black serpentine marble obelisk featuring a tapering four-sided spire set on a multi-tiered stepped base. View IV
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Cella

Cella
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A tall dark red and mottled black serpentine marble obelisk featuring a tapering four-sided spire set on a multi-tiered stepped base.
Red Serpentine marble obelisk
Ref: SA1220292
A tall dark red and mottled black serpentine marble obelisk featuring a tapering four-sided spire set on a multi-tiered stepped base.
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  • ObjectDesk Ornaments
  • Period19th century
  • StyleGrand Tour
  • MaterialSerpentine, Marble
  • ColourDark Red
  • MotifsTapered spire, Pyramidion top, Stepped base, Mottled veining
  • SizeH 47 cm (19 in) x W 14 cm (6 in) x D 14 cm (6 in)

This nineteenth-century Grand Tour style desk ornament takes the form of a tall obelisk fashioned from rich red serpentine marble. The piece displays a dark red and mottled black coloration with distinctive mottled veining across the polished stone surface. It comprises a tapering four-sided spire with a pyramidion top, rising from a raised central block set upon a multi-tiered stepped base with sharp, clean-cut square edges. The compact proportions measure 47 cm high, 14 cm wide, and 14 cm deep. Such decorative objects suit placement in a gentleman's library study, upon a bookshelf, or styled as a focal point on a living room mantelpiece.

FAQs

Popularised during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as Grand Tour souvenirs, decorative marble obelisks draw inspiration from ancient Egyptian monuments reintroduced to European taste via Roman classical architecture.

These ornaments are typically hand-carved from dense decorative stones such as serpentine, porphyry, and variegated marble, frequently mounted upon multi-tiered stepped bases.

Authentic period examples exhibit crisp carved edges, natural variations in stone veining, stepped plinths secured with historical plaster or metal dowels, and subtle surface patination consistent with handling.

Position a marble obelisk on a mantelpiece, sideboard, or within a bookshelf arrangement alongside bound volumes and metal accents to provide vertical contrast and architectural structure.

Dust regularly using a dry microfibre cloth and clean periodically with a pH-neutral stone cleaner, avoiding acidic household chemicals that can etch polished natural surfaces.
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