A fine pair of giltwood eagle console tables originally from Kilkenny Castle in Ireland, second quarter 18th century, each with a verde antico veneered rectangular marble top, above a Vitruvian-scroll frieze, on an eagle with outspread wings standing on a rocky base, on ebonised rectangular plinth with stepped corners, areas of re-gilding, 115 cm wide, 61 cm deep, 83.5 cm high. Provenance: private collection Queensland. Private Collection UK, Sheppard's Irish Auction house, Durrow Co Laois, 27th April 2010. Private Collection Co Kildare, Kilkenny Castle Auction Ireland, 18th November 1935, Battersby & Co, Lots 1763 & 2463, Kilkenny Castle Ireland,