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CANDELABRA. 401
leaves. The three faces are ornamented with sculpture
in relief within moulded frames, representing attributes
of Apollo. In front is a tripod decorated with a wreath
of laurel, the ends of which hang down. Each leg is
in the form of a fluted pilaster with Corinthian capital,
and lion's foot below, and there is a central fluted basin.
On the second side is a Gryphon seated, his head turned
back; on the third side is a raven turning its head back
towards a laurel-tree.—Towneley Coll.
Italian marble. Height (with plinth), 2 feet 8 inches. Somewhat
mended, and restored in the lower part. Bought from a house
in the Via Condotti, Rome, 1773. Mas. Marbles, X., pi. 54,
fig. 1; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 83; Graco-Roman Guide, II.,
No. 38.
2511. Triangular base of a candelabrum, with reliefs on the
sides. On each face is a panel containing a festoon of fruit
and flowers, the ends attached to two studs, from which
long sashes also hang. Under one of these festoons is a
stork pecking a laurel branch ; on another side the same
space is filled by a floral arabesque. On the third side
a similar arabesque is combined with an oinochoe. Work
of the beginning of the 1st cent. a.d.—Towneley Coll.
Marble. Height, 1 foot 2 inches; width of sides, 11 inches. Mus.
Marbles, X., pi. 56, fig. 1; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 83;
Grwco-Iioman Guide, II., No. 109.
2512. Circular base, with reliefs. Two lion-headed Gryphons
stand, confronted, each with one paw raised; between
them is a flaming candelabrum. On the opposite side are
two similar lion-headed Gryphons, seated, with a can-
delabrum between them. Beaded and cable mouldings,
above and below.— Towneley Coll.
Greek marble. Restored: upper and lower portions in rosso-antico.
Height (of antique portion), b\ inches; diameter, 5 inches.
Synopsis (1808), p. 103, No. 26 ; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 84.
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leaves. The three faces are ornamented with sculpture
in relief within moulded frames, representing attributes
of Apollo. In front is a tripod decorated with a wreath
of laurel, the ends of which hang down. Each leg is
in the form of a fluted pilaster with Corinthian capital,
and lion's foot below, and there is a central fluted basin.
On the second side is a Gryphon seated, his head turned
back; on the third side is a raven turning its head back
towards a laurel-tree.—Towneley Coll.
Italian marble. Height (with plinth), 2 feet 8 inches. Somewhat
mended, and restored in the lower part. Bought from a house
in the Via Condotti, Rome, 1773. Mas. Marbles, X., pi. 54,
fig. 1; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 83; Graco-Roman Guide, II.,
No. 38.
2511. Triangular base of a candelabrum, with reliefs on the
sides. On each face is a panel containing a festoon of fruit
and flowers, the ends attached to two studs, from which
long sashes also hang. Under one of these festoons is a
stork pecking a laurel branch ; on another side the same
space is filled by a floral arabesque. On the third side
a similar arabesque is combined with an oinochoe. Work
of the beginning of the 1st cent. a.d.—Towneley Coll.
Marble. Height, 1 foot 2 inches; width of sides, 11 inches. Mus.
Marbles, X., pi. 56, fig. 1; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 83;
Grwco-Iioman Guide, II., No. 109.
2512. Circular base, with reliefs. Two lion-headed Gryphons
stand, confronted, each with one paw raised; between
them is a flaming candelabrum. On the opposite side are
two similar lion-headed Gryphons, seated, with a can-
delabrum between them. Beaded and cable mouldings,
above and below.— Towneley Coll.
Greek marble. Restored: upper and lower portions in rosso-antico.
Height (of antique portion), b\ inches; diameter, 5 inches.
Synopsis (1808), p. 103, No. 26 ; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 84.
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