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A polished specimen of verd antique
Museum number: HR14
On display: Picture Room Recess (pre-booked tours only)
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Verd antique or verde antique, from the Italian meaning 'ancient green' is a type of stone, sometimes erroneously described as a marble, popular since Roman times as a facing material. This block is used by Soane as a plinth for a vase, SM HR15.
HR15, object displayed on this
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