Cast Iron Pedestal with Marble Top / Elephant Heads

a handsome, tall, slender, elegant pair of Adam-style painted (greenish) candle stands (or plant stands) supported by three columns with lion's paw feet and ram's heads, green grey a...

A beautiful Louis XV French 18th century giltwood console table with marble top. Heavily carved and pierced front apron. Two carved front legs curving into a carved shell motif. The ...

A mahogany pier table with carved swans, mirrored back and grey marble top (not original to the piece) early 19th century France (marble top replaced).

a highly carved Piedmontese side table / console (once gilded) with English demi-lune white marble and scagliola top with blue ribboned oak-leaf band within a pearled (pearl strings)...

pair of Neoclassic-style console tables, polychromed and gilded wood with painted faux marble tops, gilt garland swags, spiral carved legs. Italy, circa 1875

a late 18th century George III freestanding mahogany pedestal waterfall bookcase, unusual form, with small drop leaves, the case consists of three (3) graduating storage compartments...

This stylish piece takes its form and use of materials from pieces created in the France for campaign furniture. The piece is fabricated in steel, brass and marble. Note: The stee...

This stylish piece takes its form and use of materials from pieces created in the France for campaign furniture. The piece is fabricated in steel, brass and marble. Note: The stee...

Beautiful and rare pair of Art Deco three-legged pedestals in wrought iron with dark green "Tikal" marble hexagonal tops (marble found in Guatemala). They portray a distinguished yet...

Art Deco Pedestal Wrought Iron & Marble France, circa 1920s DIMENSIONS Height: 30.5 inches Top diameter: 12.25 inches Base width: 11.75 inches

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

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...