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For further examples replicated from the Soane Museum, see pages
54, 60-62 and 112.
Soane Corybantes Plaque TLQ975
Corybantes were armed dancers who worshipped the Phrygian
goddess Cybele with drumming and music. Soane owned two casts
taken from a celebrated original Roman relief at the Vatican Museum.
Found at Palestrina, the panel is taken from a first century copy of an
original dating from the fourth century BC.
Height: 710mm (28”) Max depth: 63mm (2 ⁄2”)
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Width: 725mm (28 ⁄2”) Weight: 31kg (68 lb)
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Soane Apollo Sunburst Plaque TLQ979
The latest design to result from the successful collaboration between
Haddonstone and the Sir John Soane’s Museum is the Soane Apollo
Sunburst Plaque.
This exquisite design depicts the cherubic face of Apollo on a bold relief
depicting the radiating sun’s rays. Apollo, the son of Zeus, is one of the
Soane Dancing Girl & Faun Plaque TLQ977 most important of the Olympian deities of Greek and Roman mythology.
A charming plaque with a relief depicting a dancing girl and faun. A faun The Apollo sunburst motif was widely used by King Louis XIV of France,
was believed by the ancients to be half man, half goat who lived in the the Sun King. Louis XIV reigned for more than 72 years from 1643 until
forests, a manifestation of forest and animal spirits that would help or his death in 1715, still the longest reign for a monarch of any major
hinder humans at whim. European nation.
Height: 712mm (28”) Base depth: 37mm (1 ⁄2”) At the Soane Museum the original eighteenth century marble plaque
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Base width: 725mm (28 ⁄2”) Weight: 38k (84 lb)
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overlooks the Monument Court. Haddonstone’s replica is ideal for use
to enhance a garden wall or folly, or as a decorative design gracing the
interior of a conservatory, orangery, hallway or drawing room.
Height: 340mm (13 ⁄2”) Width: 620mm (24 ⁄2”)
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Depth of block: 20mm ( ⁄4”) Weight: 13kg (29 lbs)
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