An Italian, probably Florentine, specimen marble table top, mid-18th century, with inlay of various marbles and minerals including Alabastro cotognino, Alabastro fiorito, Alabastro a pecorella, Alabastro del Gebel Oust, ALabastro di Palombara and Alabastro Verdognolo, Marmo Africano, Bardiglio di Carrara, Bianco e nero antico, Bigio antico, Breccia Pavonazza di Exine, Breccia di Sciro, Giallo Antico, Lumachella Orientale, Pavonazetto, Porfido Rosso e Verde Mare, Portasanta, Rosso Antico, Serpentina Moschinata, Diaspro Siciliano Verde Prato and Verde Antico, arranged in hexagonal segments surrounding a central oval reserve, 69 x 134cm; raised on a contemporary cream painted base, 44cm high