Marble Specimen

It is prized for its warm, terracotta-red and rosy-pink tones accented by cream and rust patterns; often referred to as specimen marble. It is historically used in grand architecture...

An exceptional and most unique Italian early 18th century Baroque period ebonized fruit wood and Pietra Dura marble and semi precious stone inlaid specimen cabinet.

This is an antique specimen table. An English, mahogany and marble inlaid occasional table with Aesthetic period taste, dating to the Victorian era, circa 1880.

Pietra Paesina Pietra Paesina, also known as "ruin marble" and "landscape marble", hails primarily from the Northern Apennine mountains near Florence, Italy.

A wonderful third quarter 19th century Italian 'grand tour' ancient marbles specimen plaque in original silver-gilt frame.

Large French Art Deco sculpture depicting a seagull with outstretched wings, shown perched on a stylized wave and looking downward as if about to take flight. The work is signed J. L...

This fine French table is made with painted finish and gilt accents with a black marble top. It is very dramatic with excellent contrasting elements. It has a stretcher at the base t...

This is a superb decorative antique Italian Grand Tour marble Pietra Dura mounted desk paperweight, circa 1880 in date. This splendid rectangular paperweight is exquisitely inlai...

A Very Fine French 19th Century Neoclassical Revival Gilt-Bronze Circular Guéridon Table with a Roman Micromosaic and Specimen marble top. The intricate pierced ormolu floral apron a...

Kahn of Paris After a model by Jean-Henri Riesener Constructed in the Neo-Classical manner in fine specimen woods and high quality ormolu work; the incurved base, rising from ormol...

Pair of Italian Specimen Travertino Oniciato (Onyx Travertine) Cube Side Tables, Style of Romeo Rega This pair of Italian specimen Travertino Oniciato (Onyx Travertine) modular cube...

The top is a big heavy wonderful example of a specimen marble top with squares of exotic marbles some no longer mined.

An outstanding, monumental early 20th C. Louis XV style console table with original imported fitted Portoro marble slab top. Features include masterfully fluid hand and chiseled carv...

This is a superb decorative antique Italian Grand Tour marble Pietra Dura mounted desk paperweight, circa 1880 in date. This splendid rectangular paperweight is exquisitely inlai...

A stunning, well proportioned 19th Century French console featuring a hand-carved apron, shaped specimen marble top, cabriole legs, and an inviting, white painted finish.

A breathtaking fusion of organic elegance and natural artistry, this vintage McGuire center hall table features their iconic bundled bamboo base paired with a truly stunning specimen...

With three hundred & seventy three specimens of the most beautiful hardstones, agates, jaspers and semi-precious stones, superbly inlaid with incredibly fine detail into a solid Port...

A fabulous Italian specimen Pierre Dura marble top likely late 18th early 19th century with a more contemporary custom made table to display it.

A stunning pair of Italian 18th century Louis XVI period patinated mirrors. Each rectangular mirror has rich carvings throughout and two original mirror plates. The bottom is decorat...

A sensational and most unique Italian mid 19th-century folio case of a large variety of specimen marble and semi-precious stones. The case is raised by solid walnut bun feet while th...

An early 19th century design carved and gilded centre table with an inlaid specimen marble top. The top is inset with numerous radiating panels of specimen marbles within a broad flo...

The top displays an elaborate arrangement of faux specimen stone panels, geometric reserves, and painted ornamentation designed to evoke the appearance of marble inlay and collected ...

The demilune top is adorned with a specimen marble, presenting a rich mosaic of natural stone.

An 18th c. hand-carved, solid Carrara marble bust, likely of a holy Roman Emperor on a specimen marble base of the period.

With a rectangular marble top with specimen overall cube design.The base with square tapered legs.

A late 19th-century Italian specimen marble architectural model of a Continental Neoclassical temple or shrine.

Absolutely stunning, Roman pedestal table featuring a fluted, 1900s marble base surmounted by a circa 1850, specimen marble top with a central, star medallion surrounded by radiating...

Mahogany Marble top Console with Paw Feet, 19th Century Unusual specimen marble inset top.

The bodies of this pair of Louis XVI-style vases, measuring nearly two feet in height, are formed from stunning specimens of white marble. Doré bronze mounts in the Louis XVI style p...

Italian Neo-Classic (18th Century) inlaid round pietra dura specimen marble top with geometric design supported on an iron pedestal base.

An unusual early 19th century black marble tazza, with central specimen marble inlay to the bowl, raised on ring-turned stem, ending on square plinth base.

Unique monumental Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Style Specimen marble inlaid obelisks. Marble is precisely cut and inlaid into a fine two-toned wood veneer border.

Regency period mahogany game / center table with inset Pietra Dura (stone specimen) marble chess board top. Having two drawers on either side, and a boldly carved base ending with pa...

The pedestal carved in one kind of marble that is white but flooded with grey veining is often used by Italian craftsmen to band or contain colored specimen marble in floor or archit...

An Italian bronze Thymaterion table in manner of Chivrazzi workshop. The specimen marble top raised on a square column topped with a bearded male mask surmounted by a vase above a wi...

The bodies of this exquisite pair of Louis XVI-style cassolettes, along with a complementary clock, are crafted from exceptional specimens of white marble, each measuring almost a fo...

Italian specimen marble inlaid top, early 19th century.

18th century serpentine gesso and marble console table, the moulded specimen marble top raised over ornately carved frieze with centred plumed foliate motif flanked with C-scrolls an...

The exceptionally thick specimen marble top is completely stable and lifts off the wooden base for safer transport and easier installation in your home.

Above lay the exceptional 19th century circular Specimen Marble tops with various different marbles and semi precious stones.

Italian Faux Marble Lacquered Box. Offered is a stunning well executed Italian decorative box with several varieties of specimen marble in a geometric pattern.

Pair of large marble "Grand Tour" Pietra Dura specimen marble obelisks Each in Italian specimen marble on bases.  

The rectangular specimen marble top features rouge with inner veined Carrara white and Sienna marble to outer variegated green and blue marble borders.

Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super collectable Italian Circa 1860-1880 Ebonised Aesthetic movement occasional or side table with Specimen marble top A v...

A stunning Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. ormolu Portoro, black Belgian marble and soapstone specimen marble coffee table.

An Impressive 'Grand Tour' Specimen Marble Top Centre Table The base attributed to William Trotter of Edinburgh Constructed in a finely patinated mahogany, with a Florentine Pietra ...

The table is covered with a beveled edge specimen marble top. Dimensions: 30 1/4" L, 19" D and 18 3/4" H Condition: Please see detail photos.

Grand Tour Specimen-Marble Obelisk, Italian, 19th century A jewel-like tabletop obelisk built from alternating bands of polished specimen stones—giallo Siena, rouge griotte, verte an...

Giovanni Banci for Hermès Hammered Iron & Breccia Rossa Marble Table, Italy, Late 20th Century A striking and sculptural Italian table attributed to Giovanni Banci for Hermès, execu...

18th Century French Louis XVI Fruitwood Chest with the ORIGINAL blue paint. The Specimen Marble is beautiful and the Original Hardware is Stunning.

The Specimen Pietra Dura Marble Armorial Top By Joseph Darmanin of Malta The shaped circular top finely inlaid with the arms of General Robert Edward King, 1st Viscount Lorton (1773...

We are delighted to offer for sale this really quite rare late Regency to early Georgian circa 1820 Italian Brass gallery rail and Specimen marble occasional side table A very goo...

A Regency mahogany and rosewood occasional table with an inset specimen marble top. the marble top with 16 labelled specimens of different marbles including: four types of Broccatel...

A Monumental and Life-Sized 19th Century Italian Pair of Patinated Bronze Greyhound Dogs on Stepped Marble Plinths. Each dog is naturalistically seen standing on a pair of stepped, ...

Italian Neo-classic (Late 19th Century) round specimen marble and micro-mosaic centered top on a Renaissance Revival triangular shaped parcel gilt & patinated bronze base with figure...

Roma circa 1790 The tabletop is executed in white statuary marble and displays a highly sophisticated inlaid design centred on a rectangular specimen panel composed of 120 oval hards...

Constructed of rare Lapis Medica Onyx the piece is historically based on the specimen marble urns of antiquity and can also be compared to the fine examples seen in Russia and Italy...

Featuring a painted solid wood frame in lightly distressed antique cream white, adorned with gilt bronze star mounts and various hand painted specimen style faux marble accents, havi...

The hummingbirds are mounted on a rock crystal quartz and green marble mineral specimen base, creating a striking contrast between the soft pink hues of the rose quartz and the cool,...

There is no doubt as to the authorship of the wonderful pietra dura specimen marble top however. Even without any kind of mark it would have been possible to attribute it with near c...