Unusual table, please help identify!

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  1. Hannah1411989

    Hannah1411989 New Member

    This very unusual table was inherited by my aunt. Can anyone give me any details of where it might come from or better still, a maker?

    Some of the names stamped on the wax coins (inch and a half diameter)
    L. Hector De Villars
    Mauritius I
    Lord Byron
    Jacques Amyot
    Lazare Hoche
    Pip Nericault
     

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  2. wiscbirddog

    wiscbirddog Well-Known Member

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  3. SBSVC

    SBSVC Well-Known Member

    Hi, Hannah, and welcome! The furniture folks will need more & better photos, including close-ups, in order to provide any info about your table.
     
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  4. scoutshouse

    scoutshouse Well-Known Member

    I'd call it a vitrine table...

    It's very cool - are you sure they are wax? Looks like it could be genuinely old, but more pictures would help. The emblems or disks aren't necessarily original to the table.

    Vitrines can display just about anything under the sun.
     
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  5. Hannah1411989

    Hannah1411989 New Member

    On further inspection, they could be plaster...
     

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  6. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    1950s from the look of it.

    Debora
     
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  7. scoutshouse

    scoutshouse Well-Known Member

    Hard for me to say how old it is...

    Looks like it needs cleaning and closer inspection for marks.

    The emblems/plaques look chipped. They may be plaster, not Terra cotta.

    @verybrad
     
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  8. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Furniture like this has been made for a lot of years. With those coins, I think 50s-60s is as good a bet as any. Similar without coins is still being made. If from the 50s-60s, could very well be Italian in origin.
     
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  9. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    made for the French market. could be late art déco that had a partial "backlash" to Empire elements (corner finials), but probably 1960s. Galerie Lafayette sold such stuff.
     
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