A large pair of Régence style carved giltwood and composition serpentine console tables Continental, circa 1900

Each surmounted by an inset light Iris onyx marble top and centered by a Apollo mask, both marked 20^{th Century Fox/32119887 A-9} to the backs in black ink.

20th Century Fox, sold Hollywood Palladium, January 16, 1978

Pennington Antique Treasures, Los Angeles, July 21, 1978

Christie's New York, April 24, 2001, lot 226 which sold for $ 42,000

Both onyx slabs each with extensive old repaired breaks showing glue residue and some flaking to onyx along the graining in places; the top of each support originally flanked by two laurel branches - the first table with lacking two garlands – the other table lacking four garlands; the gilding is dirty and with the usual chips, nicks, dents, scratches and small losses showing gesso in many places; both female masks with chips to the tips of the nose; areas of overpainting visible in places.
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