A Fine Pair of Mid 20thC Italian Carved Marble Faux Peaches sub-Curios was introduced

was introduced

by the British Empire and were clearly kept by the former owner for the best part of twenty five years before being given as a festive gift

and increasingly difficult to find

simply an amount of wear one would expect to the ebonised finish

Weight: 52

A Fine Pair of Mid 20thC Italian Carved Marble Faux Peaches sub-Curios was introducedOrigin: Italian Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 60 Height: 2. 75 inches The pair of Italian carved marble faux peaches each naturalistically modelled and hand chiselled. Generally in good condition the peaches have expected wear, with one or two slight frits but nothing of a serious nature. Stone fruit was first made in the Victorian days, and became very popular after WWII, and is still made today but now, mostly in