Lot Essay
The C couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749.
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD COMMODE
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD COMMODE
The moulded and waved rectangular africano marble top above two short and two long drawers, the long drawers both simulated as two drawers each, the angles headed by a pierced C-scrolled and foliate mount above a cabochon flanked by two dragons and the slightly out-swept C-scrolled and foliate sabots, partially remounted, including two handles and one escutcheon, nine mounts struck with the C couronné poinçon, restorations to feet, the marble top possibly later
52 in. (132 in.) wide; 34 in. (86 cm.) high; 25¾ in. (65 cm.) deep
The moulded and waved rectangular africano marble top above two short and two long drawers, the long drawers both simulated as two drawers each, the angles headed by a pierced C-scrolled and foliate mount above a cabochon flanked by two dragons and the slightly out-swept C-scrolled and foliate sabots, partially remounted, including two handles and one escutcheon, nine mounts struck with the C couronné poinçon, restorations to feet, the marble top possibly later
52 in. (132 in.) wide; 34 in. (86 cm.) high; 25¾ in. (65 cm.) deep