An Italian, Venetian Mantelpiece in the Renaissance style, carved in Pietra d’Istria marble, sometimes called Istrian Stone

The deep shelf, with its front edges carved with flutes and pearl beading, rests on a very fine frieze. The frieze, which is a single solid block of stone, is carved in high relief with urns and swags of fruit and foliage. Supporting the frieze are acanthus bracket corbels, which sits on intricately carved pilasters, of various ornate Renaissance decoration.

Italian, Circa 1860