CIRCA 1885

Details

A FRENCH BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD GAMES BOX AND TABLE
CIRCA 1885
11½ in. (29 cm.) high; 29½ in. (75 cm.) wide; 21¾ in. (55 cm. ) deep

Provenance

Maud Georgina Matthey (1874-1956) according to inscription (daughter of George Matthey, the inventor of the kilogram in 1879).
Anonymous sale; Christie's South Kensington, 13 November 1991, lot 379.
Le Gout Francais, Christie's Paris, 14 April 2014, lot 350.

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