Roman cinerarium and lid: between double fillet and compressed waterleaf mouldings is a large name plate with similar borders flanked by two enriched Tuscan pilasters. The lid has a curved pediment ornamented with an eagle with wings half spread and an antefix on each of the four corners with enriched borders below on three sides. There are large palmettes carved on the ends / sides of the cinerarium.
Pentelic marble
Height: 37cm
Height (excluding lid): 29cm
Width (lid): 28cm
Length (lid): 27cm
Height (excluding lid): 29cm
Width (lid): 28cm
Length (lid): 27cm
Museum number: M708
Vermeule catalogue number: Vermeule 321
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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