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Cast of a Roman composite pilaster capital (SM M13) carved with acanthus leaves and dolphins
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Cast of a Roman composite pilaster capital (SM M13) carved with acanthus leaves and dolphins
Plaster cast
Museum number: M815
On display: Dome Area
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
Cast of a Roman composite pilaster capital (SM M13) carved with acanthus leaves and a pair of dolphins entwined around a central foliate stem.
This cast is a rare example of Soane having an object in his own collection replicated (another is the Pantheon pilaster capital). Although it would seem logical that this was done in order for the pair to be shown together there is no evidence that this was the purpose and at the time of Soane's death the cast and the orginal were shown in different parts of Soane's Museum.
This cast is a rare example of Soane having an object in his own collection replicated (another is the Pantheon pilaster capital). Although it would seem logical that this was done in order for the pair to be shown together there is no evidence that this was the purpose and at the time of Soane's death the cast and the orginal were shown in different parts of Soane's Museum.
Associated items
M13, original
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