Lot Essay
The C couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed in France between March 1745 and February 1749 on any alloy containing copper.
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND KINGWOOD BUREAU PLAT
Inlaid overall with scrolls, the leather-lined moulded rectangular top with a moulded border and foliate corner clasps, above an inverted central drawer flanked by two further drawers, the angles with foliated corner-mounts centred by cabochon and rockwork, on slightly cabriole legs terminating in pierced sabots, incised twice 'BV', one sabot missing, largely remounted, three angle stamped with the C couronné poinçon and possibly original
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 64¾ in. (164.5 cm.) wide; 33 in. (84 cm.) deep
Inlaid overall with scrolls, the leather-lined moulded rectangular top with a moulded border and foliate corner clasps, above an inverted central drawer flanked by two further drawers, the angles with foliated corner-mounts centred by cabochon and rockwork, on slightly cabriole legs terminating in pierced sabots, incised twice 'BV', one sabot missing, largely remounted, three angle stamped with the C couronné poinçon and possibly original
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 64¾ in. (164.5 cm.) wide; 33 in. (84 cm.) deep
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