Antique Pair of Georgian Demi-lune Inlaid Mahogany & Stainwood Card Tables 1780 Ex-Christies Sold The artist learned to paint

The artist learned to paint while he was serving in the Royal Navy

he was a contemporary of other famous Baroque artists such as Peter Paul Reubens

The poem "Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus" (Syphilis or the French Disease) by the Italian physician and poet Girolamo Fracastoro was first published in 1530

an undistinguished sculptor

A fine antique sterling silver-gilt early 19th century Vinaigrette

Antique Pair of Georgian Demi-lune Inlaid Mahogany & Stainwood Card Tables 1780 Ex-Christies Sold The artist learned to paintSOLD A very fine & rare pair of antique 18th century Georgian mahogany & satin wood marquetry card table, circa 1780, Ex Christies. The tables of demi lune shape when closed, when open they form a full circle, the table tops are finely inlaid with floral marquetry of satinwood, the table edges are crossbanded with mahogany and ebony stringing. The table skirts are also crossbanded, the subtle tapered legs are inlaid with ebony stringing and to the top