A Fine Quality c.1900 Marble Bust of a Gentleman Draped as a Roman Nobleman from Cairness House sub-Art & Sculpture The Romans later perfected sundials

The Romans later perfected sundials and were the first to use them in gardens whilst in the medieval and Renaissance periods far more elaborate ornate sundials appeared

weathered and dis-coloured from the elements and in decorative condition

The turned and stained oak base having a glass dome cover

There are only two stones lacking

A Fine Quality c.1900 Marble Bust of a Gentleman Draped as a Roman Nobleman from Cairness House sub-Art & Sculpture The Romans later perfected sundialsOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Cairness House, Aberdeenshire Date: c. 1890 1910 Diameter at Socle: 10 inches Depth: 14 inches Width: 21 inches Height: 30. 5 inches (all at extremities) The beautifully carved heavy quality large weathered marble bust draped as a bald Roman nobleman or senator with a placid expression, the whole on an integral socle, surviving from the zeniths of the nineteenth century and