Showrooms

A Grand Tour specimen marble table top with an English specimen wood base

Offered by: Wick Antiques LTD

Description
A Grand Tour specimen marble table top with an English specimen wood base, the circular top inlaid with a flowerhead pattern in an extensive range of marbles, centred on a roundel showing the doves of Pliny within a malachite border. The specimen wood base with three oak barley twist supports, the frieze and triangular undertier veneered in thoya wood, amboyna and plane wood. The top Italian, circa 1850, the base English, circa 1850.

More Information

Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Marble
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	Circa 1850
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Incollect Reference #:	684331

Dimensions

H.	30 in;	Diam.	28.5 in;
H.	76.2 cm;	Diam.	72.39 cm;

Message from Seller:

Wick Antiques was established by Charles Wallrock in the early 1980s. Having grown up in the Antiques world Charles developed an extensive wealth of knowledge. Starting out as a ‘man with a van’ he quickly gained a good reputation and embarked on a longstanding relationship with Harrods. He was later joined by his wife, Caroline Wallrock. Caroline having completed a Persian degree, went on to study at Christie’s fine art and then joined Sotheby’s specializing in Islamic and Japanese works of art