THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT COMMODE, the brescia marble top above three short frieze drawers mounted with floral and acanthus scrolls and groups within panels, above two long drawers with sans traverse panels, the rounded angles headed by ram's-heads above pierced grape-vines, the apron with a central lion-mask within a medallion centred by cornucopiae and acanthus scrolls, on cabriole legs and paw feet, with indistinct circular stamps to the underside, one drawer with inscription 20756 and 62075, restorations

Details
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT COMMODE, the brescia marble top above three short frieze drawers mounted with floral and acanthus scrolls and groups within panels, above two long drawers with sans traverse panels, the rounded angles headed by ram's-heads above pierced grape-vines, the apron with a central lion-mask within a medallion centred by cornucopiae and acanthus scrolls, on cabriole legs and paw feet, with indistinct circular stamps to the underside, one drawer with inscription 20756 and 62075, restorations
53½in. (136cm.) wide; 33½in. (85cm.) high; 25¾in. (65.5cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 17 May 1963, lot 134

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