Fragmentary top of a Roman spiral decorative shaft probably from a candelabrum, decorated with grooved spirals terminating in sprouting acanthus foliage in the centre of which, on opposite sides, are rosette flowers.
Pentelic marble
Height: 27cm
Width (top): 21cm
Width (top): 21cm
Museum number: M645
Vermeule catalogue number: Vermeule 217
Not on display
©Sir John Soane's Museum, London