Lot Essay
The 'C' couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749.
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PROPERTY OF THE VON OPPENHEIM TRUST, FROM THE COLLECTION OF TEX AND NANN VON OPPENHEIM, NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA
(LOT 433)
A FRANCO-FLEMISH GILT-METAL MOUNTED, AMARANTH, EBONY AND STAINED TORTOISESHELL CABINET-ON-STAND
LATE 17TH CENTURY/EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE RELIEF CARVED FRIEZE AND TOP ASSOCIATED IN THE 2ND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY
Details
A FRANCO-FLEMISH GILT-METAL MOUNTED, AMARANTH, EBONY AND STAINED TORTOISESHELL CABINET-ON-STAND
Late 17th Century/Early 18th Century, the relief carved frieze and top associated in the 2nd quarter of the 19th century
The rectangular top with floral cast edge and a carved frieze depicting putti in musical revellry, with two banks of five drawers flanking a central arched door enclosing a later mirrored and parquetry interior, with an architecturally fronted drawer above and below, with ripple moldings throughout, raised on a stand with six turned legs, scrolled frieze and platorm stretcher with rosette capped gadrooned collared bun feet, the mounts stamped with the 'C' couronné poinçon, stamped 8673 to the reverse of the stand, replacements to feet
65¼in. (166cm.)high, 43¼in. (110cm.)wide, 17in. (43cm.)deep
Late 17th Century/Early 18th Century, the relief carved frieze and top associated in the 2nd quarter of the 19th century
The rectangular top with floral cast edge and a carved frieze depicting putti in musical revellry, with two banks of five drawers flanking a central arched door enclosing a later mirrored and parquetry interior, with an architecturally fronted drawer above and below, with ripple moldings throughout, raised on a stand with six turned legs, scrolled frieze and platorm stretcher with rosette capped gadrooned collared bun feet, the mounts stamped with the 'C' couronné poinçon, stamped 8673 to the reverse of the stand, replacements to feet
65¼in. (166cm.)high, 43¼in. (110cm.)wide, 17in. (43cm.)deep
Provenance
Purchased from Keil's Antiques, New Orleans, September 23, 1977.