Antique Golden Marble Revolving Pedestal with Ormolu Mounts

Magnificent pair of antique Carrara marble and ormolu pedestals and urns circa 1850. Urns measure 28" H x 16" W.

Pair of antique carved teak stands with marble tops. Great for use with plants, etc., or as small whatnot tables.

Pair Antique Carved Chinese Teak Wood Stands with Marble Tops.

Antique English mahogany pedestal vitrine, circa 1875-1885.

Pair Antique English Sheraton Mahogany Pedestals, Circa 1890.

Antique Oriental Carved Teak Wood Marble Top Stand. Over one hundred years old.

Date: 19th century Origin: French Dimension: 43 1/2 in. x 14 1/4 in

A pair of gilt-bronze and black marble antique Neoclassical pedestals French, 19th Century Height 103cm, diameter 45cm Mounted upon larg...

This fine pedestal is of rectangular revolving top section with a fine gilt-bronze mounted capitol, acanthus and anthemion devices. The pedestal is raised on a square section base. ...

Gorgeous Mahogany wood pedestals with guilt bronze ornamentation. Rectangular golden plaques depicting cherubs playing instruments and rela...

An unusual pair of Victorian marble revolving topped pedestals. One marked ‘Forced Lesson’, one marked ‘Forced Prayer’. These beautiful pedestals were clearly designed to hold sculptures with the titles of the works inscribed on the stems. The fact that the pedestals, and therefore the related artworks, were clearly made as a pair has allowed us to research them and we are delighted to have discovered that, at the Melbourne International exhibition in 1880, Pietro Bazzanti and Son of Florence exhibited two artworks with the names Forced Prayer and Forced Lesson (items 338 and 339). Another artist also exhibited a piece titled Forced Prayer at the same exhibition but Forced Lesson is a very unusual title and, as stated before, the fact that the pieces were clearly intended to be a pair reinforces the attribution of provenance in this case. These fine pedestals are a very practical and usable size and the carved swag and star detailing are very desirable attributes. They would make a fine pair of display stands for vases...

A pair of antique pedestals marble with bronze mounts.