Lot 32
32
The Property of the late LORD LURGAN
A FLORENTINE SERPENTINE SPECIMEN MARBLE TABLE TOP with a central verde antico oval medallion flanked by radiating Siena, portor, jasper and specimen marble wedges within a black marble border, third quarter 18th Century, on a later George III-style mahogany stand with a blind fretwork frieze richly carved with scrolling foliage and with a ribbon-twist moulded edge on square tapering panelled legs headed by gadrooned capitals and carved with husk garlands, on angled feet, with remains of a label ..........reasures/....ion 1928, third quarter 18th Century

Details
A FLORENTINE SERPENTINE SPECIMEN MARBLE TABLE TOP with a central verde antico oval medallion flanked by radiating Siena, portor, jasper and specimen marble wedges within a black marble border, third quarter 18th Century, on a later George III-style mahogany stand with a blind fretwork frieze richly carved with scrolling foliage and with a ribbon-twist moulded edge on square tapering panelled legs headed by gadrooned capitals and carved with husk garlands, on angled feet, with remains of a label ..........reasures/....ion 1928, third quarter 18th Century
35½in. (90cm.) wide; 20¼in. (51.5cm.) deep; 31in. (78.5cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Frank Partridge Esq., Salisbury House, Potters Bar, in his private collection.
Purchased from Frank Partridge and Sons, 14 December 1954. A copy of the invoice is included in this lot.
Exhibited
London, Grafton Galleries, Exhibition of Art Treasures, April-May 1928

Lot Essay

This serpentine, radiating specimen marble table top is closely related to the set of four slabs at Saltram House, Devon, bought by John Parker, later 1st Lord Bovington (d. 1788), during his Grand Tour in 1764. It is interesting to note therefore that a similar pair, and a further pair of corner slabs, were brought back by Parker's contemporary, Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter (d. 1793) for the State Rooms at Burghley House, Lincolnshire, from his Grand Tour circa 1763-5

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