A Maltese specimen marble games table, the circular top inlaid with red and black marbles in the form of a chessboard, the border inlaid with shells and seaweed scrolls, 28½in. (72.5cm) diam, on gold-painted wrought-iron scrolled tripod support, bearing a paper label inscribed J. Darmanin & Sons, Marble Workers, Monumental and Mosaic Slabs and other Ornamental Work, Stradde le Anie, No. 45, Malta