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AN ITALIAN BRONZE AND MARBLE CENTRE PIECE
LATE 18TH CENTURY EARLY 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY PIETRO TACCA AT LEGHORN
AN ITALIAN BRONZE AND MARBLE CENTRE PIECE LATE 18TH CENTURY EARLY 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY PIETRO TACCA AT LEGHORN Surmounted by a figure of Ferdinando I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the plinth with ormolu-mounted rosso verona marble panels, the angles each with a figure of a slave above the stepped base 29½ in. (74.9 cm.) high Mounted on an associated Louis XIV boulle plinth, the frieze with female masks flanked by acanthus scrolls to the angles, with later applied plaque ' 1 ST GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY, D.1609 BY PIETRO TACCA DIED 1650 (THE ORIGINAL ERECTED NEAR THE HARBOUR OF LEGHORN)' , on later Louis XV paw feet -- 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high; 17 in. (43.2 cm.) wide; 18 in. (45.7 cm.) deep