An antique Georgian period marble mantelpiece in the manner of William Kent

Made from veined Carrara marble and white Statuary marble.

The centre plaque with a well carved mask of Apollo surrounded by a sunburst. The console jambs are under fluted corbels and a break-fronted mantel shelf.

Circa; 18th century 

Apollo

The national divinity of the Greeks, Apollo has been recognised as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, and more. He is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Seen as the most beautiful god and the ideal of the Kouros (a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo is considered to be the most important of all gods.