Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 9th January 2019

Lot 142

A pair of mahogany console tables in George II style

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £6200

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Description

A pair of mahogany console tables in George II style, each with a verde antico marble top, above a leaf moulding and a Vitruvian scroll carved frieze, the lion monopodia support carved with a lion's mask holding a ring with ribbon tied flowers flanked by carved acanthus leaves, with a claw and ball foot, on a floret carved plinth base, 19th century with possibly earlier elements, 75.7cm high, 70.7cm wide, 44.8cm deep. (2)

Provenance:

Christie's, Important English Furniture, 30th November 2000, lot 345.

From the Collection of A. C. J. Wall Esq., and thence by descent.

The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever.