A mahogany octagonal centre table 20th century

on four bronzed griffin supports

Generally good condition. This is a highly decorative piece. There are some old marks and scratches and minor chips.
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This table appears to be based on the design of a pietra dura topped table, sold `Two Late Regency Collectors', Christie's London, 9 June 2005, lot 50. The base was designed by George Bullock who drew his inspriation from an antique fragment of a table in the Vatican recorded in a drawing by the architect C. H. Tatham, published in his Etchings representing Fragment of Grecian and Roman architectural ornaments, 1799.