Andrew Nethercott Antiques has dated this piece to the 1860s.
Finely cast brass figures on rouge marble bases.
Not recently cleaned or polished.
Height 6,1/8" or 155mm, weight 783 grams.
Egyptology fired the nineteenth century cultural imagination, particularly in France and Britain.
Teams of archeologists from both countries carried out rival excavations in Egypt, the French funded by the state and the British by wealthy enthusiasts.
Egyptomania was explored in literature as well as reflected in fine and decorative arts. Activities ranged from intellectually demanding endeavours like translating the Rosetta stone, to the sensational, such as seances and tea parties to unwrap mummified cats!
Andrew Nethercott Antiques has dated this piece to the 1860s.
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