FLEMISH STYLE WALNUT CENTRE TABLE WITH PORTSOY MARBLE TOP
19TH CENTURY
£1,764
Auction: Select Property from Towie Barclay Castle, Aberdeenshire - 27th March 2024 at 10am
Description
the large rounded rectangular slab top with a moulded edge, on an associated base with panel moulded frieze raised on cup and cover baluster and block legs
Dimensions
161cm wide, 81cm high, 107cm deep
Provenance
Karen and the late Marc Ellington, Towie Barclay Castle, Aberdeenshire
Footnote
Note: Portsoy, on the northeast Banffshire coast, was famed for its polished green and reddish veined stone taken from a nearby quarry. Known as Portsoy marble, it is in fact a type of serpentine, and was popular in the 18th century for chimneypieces and reputedly exported to France for use in the Palace of Versailles.