Achille Squadrilli, Two Grand Tour Italian Carved Diminutive Busts

Naples, Italy, late 19th century, carved lava (Italian limestone), finely detailed renderings of Menelaus and Homer after the antique, mounted on dark green jasper columnar plinths, both signed to verso "A. Squadrilli / Napoli."

6 in.

The Collection of the late Mr. William Hulbert, Chesapeake, Virginia

Some chips to sculpture and plinths, some loss and cracks to socle beneath bust.