A MATCHED PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD SIDE TABLES, each with serpentine-fronted moulded simulated green marble tops, one supported by a bearded triton with outstretched arms and scrolled imbricated tails, the other by a winged mermaid with jewelled sash upon naturalistic rockwork plinths and shaped spreading moulded bases, the triton table 19th Century and with later top, the mermaid 18th Century and revised in the 18th or 19th Century, restorations and refreshments Former: 58in. (147cm.) wide; 36¾in. (93.5cm.) high; 18¼in. (46.5cm.) deep | Christie's

Lot 289

289

A MATCHED PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD SIDE TABLES, each with serpentine-fronted moulded simulated green marble tops, one supported by a bearded triton with outstretched arms and scrolled imbricated tails, the other by a winged mermaid with jewelled sash upon naturalistic rockwork plinths and shaped spreading moulded bases, the triton table 19th Century and with later top, the mermaid 18th Century and revised in the 18th or 19th Century, restorations and refreshments Former: 58in. (147cm.) wide; 36¾in. (93.5cm.) high; 18¼in. (46.5cm.) deep

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A MATCHED PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD SIDE TABLES, each with serpentine-fronted moulded simulated green marble tops, one supported by a bearded triton with outstretched arms and scrolled imbricated tails, the other by a winged mermaid with jewelled sash upon naturalistic rockwork plinths and shaped spreading moulded bases, the triton table 19th Century and with later top, the mermaid 18th Century and revised in the 18th or 19th Century, restorations and refreshments Former: 58in. (147cm.) wide; 36¾in. (93.5cm.) high; 18¼in. (46.5cm.) deep
Latter: 56¼in. (143cm.) wide; 38in. (96.5cm.) high; 18¼in. (46.5cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

A related pair of Triton and Nereid-supported consoles in the Musei Capitolini, Rome is illustrated in G. Lizzani, Il Mobile Romano, Milan 1970, figs. 101-2

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