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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED CREAM AND BLUE VERNIS MARTIN COMMODE
MID-18TH CENTURY, STAMPED P. ROUSSEL, THE ORMOLU STRUCK WITH THE C COURONNÉ POINÇON
With serpentine black Portor d'Italie marble top above two long drawers decorated sans traverse with chinoiserie birds and flowers within scrolling foliate encadrement, with cabriole legs headed by foliate clasps and scrolling sabots (restoration to decoration) --34½in. (86.2cm.) high, 44in. (110cm.) wide, 23in. (57.5cm.) deep
Pierre Roussel, maître in 1745
PROVENANCE
By repute Madame de Mailly, Château de Choisy
The 'C' couronné poinçon was a tax mark used between March 1745 and February 1749 on any alloy containing copper.
MID-18TH CENTURY, STAMPED P. ROUSSEL, THE ORMOLU STRUCK WITH THE C COURONNÉ POINÇON
With serpentine black Portor d'Italie marble top above two long drawers decorated sans traverse with chinoiserie birds and flowers within scrolling foliate encadrement, with cabriole legs headed by foliate clasps and scrolling sabots (restoration to decoration) --34½in. (86.2cm.) high, 44in. (110cm.) wide, 23in. (57.5cm.) deep
Pierre Roussel, maître in 1745
PROVENANCE
By repute Madame de Mailly, Château de Choisy
The 'C' couronné poinçon was a tax mark used between March 1745 and February 1749 on any alloy containing copper.