A cast-iron ‘Dutch’ style fireback,
a nineteenth century recast of a late seventeenth century pattern,
depicting the Judgement of Paris: Hera to the left, Athena right and Aphrodite above and centre, dated 1697 with a monogram, 'PALLAS UND VENUS' written under- the Greek Pallas Athena (Minerva to the Romans) and the Roman Venus (Aphrodite to the Greeks),
£320
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