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https://www.thehoarde.com/dealers/hand-of-gloryA rare 1960's hand painted Casa Pupo Coffee Table, decorated with Montgolfier baloons. The circular top with a central reserve of a ballooning scene surrounded by a radial segmented border of twelve different hot air balloons and French script and with an outer meandering border of hot air balloons and leaves. The outer edge with a raised lip and inset plate glass top. The painted and gilt base with six baluster supports joined by a circular stretcher and raised on bun feet.
The underside with CASA PUPO paper label.
Casa Pupo were a successful business in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s. Founded by Geoffrey Dobson and Jose Casasus in 1960 with their first shop in Pimlico Road, London, selling ceramics, bedding, lamp bases, rugs and small furniture items imported from Spain and Portugal. Many Casa Pupo objects were white but many demonstrated vibrant colour and unusual design features.
Success followed and shops were opened across the country in Harrogate, Brighton, Richmond, Guildford, and Glasgow, then in Athens. The company eventually went out of business in the 1980s.