and Gilt Wood Marble-Top Pier Tables probably Italian, late 19th century, each with thick variegated marble top over a boldly carved frame, skirts with pierced shells and scrolled foliate ornament over a diapered and rosette-embellished frieze, legs set with finely carved dragons with long tails wrapping the leaf-carved legs, scroll and rosette-carved stretchers and hoof feet, 36-1/2 x 69 x 27-1/2 in., good condition overall with scattered surface wear and gilding losses, some chips and losses to carved ornament, other minor separations at laminations and scattered minor losses. Provenance: From the contents of Ochre Court, Newport, Rhode Island, August 12, 1981, lot 107 (provenance noted in catalog Robert Goelet); Estate of Charles Edward and Miriam Barr Mitchell, Woodlawn, Quinby, South Carolina

good condition overall with scattered surface wear and gilding losses, some chips and losses to carved ornament, other minor separations at laminations and scattered minor losses