Stock No: 10947

A Frosterly Marble Bolection Chimneypiece modelled on the bolection chimneypiece in Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire, the family seat of the Dukes of Buccleuch. Frosterly marble is a richly marked fossil marble quarried in the county of Durham. An expensive and rare material, containing fossil sponges, it has been used decoratively in Durham Cathedral, York Minster and St Albans Cathedral.
English, early 20th century.

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