Lot 11: A PAIR OF ITALIAN PIETRE DURE, PIETRE TENERE, MARBLES AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID TABLE TOPS, IN THE MANNER OF COSIMO FANZAGO (1591-1678)NEAPOLITAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY

A GRAND TOUR SOUVENIR FOR THE LANGDALE FAMILY
both of rectangular form, each centred by an octagonal alabaster medallion decorated with a bird and a butterfly, the central rectangular and deep outer frieze of each decorated with scrolling foliage and flowers, both within an outer stylised gadrooned border, on 19th century English stands; one restored
each: 76cm high, 138cm. wide, 70cm. deep; 2ft. 6in., 4ft. 6½in, 2ft. 3½in;

Probably acquired by Marmaduke, 5th Lord Langdale(d.1778), Houghton Hall, Yorkshire on his Grand Tour to Italy 1763-64;
Otherwise possibly acquired by his daughter, Apollonia Langdale (1755-1815), Lady Clifford who travelled to Italy with her husband Hugh, 5th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1756–1793) in 1787-88 and again between 1790-92;
Thence to her sister, Mary Langdale (1752-1841) who married Charles, 17th Lord Stourton;
Thence to their second son, The Hon. Charles Stourton who assumed the surname of Langdale in 1814 when he came into the Langdale estates;
Thence by family descent to the present owner.