An Italian Grand Tour Column. Rouge Marble with metal figure. Styled from antiquity and probably a copy of a column in the Forum in Rome. Minor chips to edges.
Nothing is missing or has been replaced and all the rouge marble elements are original.
The metal figure at the top is period to the column. A typical Grand Tour item that was brought back as a souvenir from ones travels. Probably purchased in Rome in the shop where it was made. From a Newport Rhode Island Estate. Considerable wear to the purple velvet case top and sides.