A pair of Italian marble inlaid carrara marble brackets, probably Neapolitan early 18th century

now with a later walnut rectangular top above a lapetted frieze above two addorsed marble brackets carved with a bold scroll and winged cherub mask terminating in a scrolled foot

Old minor chips and scratches to top. Top weathered. Old watermarks. Old minor chips and scratches to marble base and old minor restorations to marble generally. Small table, very attractive.
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Comparative Literature:
Enrico Colle, Il Mobile Barocco in Italia arredi e decorazioni d'interni dal 1600 al 1738, Milan, 2000, pp. 25 and 27.

These brackets were probably formerly part of an altarpiece and the choice of marbles and their design is reminiscent of the work of Fanzango in Naples-see the cherub heads carved on a font in the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli alle Croci, in Naples illustrated by Colle, op. cit., p. 25.

In Naples, several sculptors utilised polychrome marbles in their work and in particular it is worthwhile considering the sculptors that were following in the Neapolitan tradition of Lorenzo Vaccaro (d. 1706) and his son Domenico Antonio (d. 1745), who made significant contributions to the church of the Certosa di San Martino in Naples.

Furthemore, one should also consider the decoration on an altarpiece in the Chapel of San Giuseppe, in the Church of San Domenico, Palermo, illustrated by Colle, op. cit., p. 25.