An 18thC North Italian Polychrome Painted Centre Table / Desk c.1780 sub-Religion & Relics "Take hold of this stick

"Take hold of this stick with your teeth and we will carry you far up in the air where you can see the whole countryside

Tam rides home on his horse Meg while a storm is brewing

But they'll clap anyway

The specimens are in fair to good order given their brittleness and age with a good amount of deposit patination garnered over time with white calcitic veining

His studies included dissecting the cadaver and creating detailed drawings of the subject

An 18thC North Italian Polychrome Painted Centre Table / Desk c.1780 sub-Religion & Relics "Take hold of this stickOrigin: North Italian Period: Rococo Baroque Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1780 Height: 31. 5 Width: 40. 75 Depth: 22. 75 (all at extremities) The beautifully hand painted kneehole desk or centre table with five drawers about the knee having later brass knob handles, on tapering square supports, the top, back and sides with all over decoration to include line decoration and ribbon tied floral swags, with a central urn of fruit to the top, the legs with