Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 8th January 2020

Lot 273

A pair of mid-18th century Italian Venetian walnut Rococo centre tables

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £4000

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Description

A pair of mid-18th century Italian Venetian walnut Rococo centre tables, each with a serpentine top cross-banded and inlaid with marquetry leaves, flowers and strap-work, above a scroll carved frieze centred with a pierced and fluted shell-shape cartouche, finely carved with leaves, with conforming cabriole legs, on leaf carved scroll feet and pad toes, slight differences to carving, 77cm high, 108cm wide, 65.4cm deep. (2)

Provenance:

By family repute Belem Palace, Lisbon, Portugal.

Kilmory Castle, Argyle and Bute, Scotland.

The estate of the late Sir John Alexander Campbell-Orde, 6th Baronet (1943-2016).