A rare and extremely unusual pair of mid 18th century Chippendale period carved giltwood terms, in the manner of William Kent and attributed to Benjamin Goodison, having the possibly unique feature of Chinamen heads with moustaches and leafy caps beneath Ionic capitals with leaf festoons. The tapering pedestals richly carved with acanthus leaf decoration, shells and berries on a scaled background and terminating in four inwardly scrolled leaf carved feet divided by floral paterae.
Goodison  was cabinet-maker to the King and worked to designs by Kent. 
These terms are of slightly later date than other known examples from some twenty years earlier . They  incorporate chinoiserie elements, like the Chinamen heads, and differ slightly in the acanthus carving from earlier models Earlier  terms can be found in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Royal Collection at Hampton Court. The closest matching example, however, now at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, was commissioned by Lord Burlington, originally for Chiswick House.
Note: Saint-Beat white marble tops of later date.