French Cafe/Occasional Table with Portasanta Breccia Marble Top c.1870Exceptional French Cafe or Occasional Table with patinated cast iron base and Portasanta Breccia marble top with a patterned cast iron edging. c. 1870. Portasanta is the name given by the scalpellini stonecutters of Rome, to the marble that forms the jambs of the Holy Door at St Peters Basilica in the Vatican City, another place it can be seen is in the Circus Agonalis, the square in Rome now called the Piazza Navona, where it forms the fountain