拍品專文
A related pair of vitrines are included in Sotheby's, London, 2 October 1998, lot 306.
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CIRCA 1880
細節
A French ormolu-mounted mahogany and Vernis Martin-decorated vitrine
Circa 1880
The rectangular top centred by a clock with white and flower-painted enamel dial, the movement stamped S. MARTI/MEDAILLE DE BRONZE, surmounted by a figure of Cupid and with ribbon-tied floral swags below, above a fluted and foliate-cast frieze, with bevelled glazed door centred by a tapering strip headed by acanthus and a laurel pendant, terminating with a shaped Vernis Martin-decorated panel depicting a gentleman reading poetry to three ladies, flanked to each side by a tapering column with feather mount, with bevelled glazed sides, the interior with red velvet-lined back and with four glass shelves, on tapering fluted feet
32 in. (81.2 cm.) wide; 80¼ in. (203.8 cm.) high; 15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) deep
Circa 1880
The rectangular top centred by a clock with white and flower-painted enamel dial, the movement stamped S. MARTI/MEDAILLE DE BRONZE, surmounted by a figure of Cupid and with ribbon-tied floral swags below, above a fluted and foliate-cast frieze, with bevelled glazed door centred by a tapering strip headed by acanthus and a laurel pendant, terminating with a shaped Vernis Martin-decorated panel depicting a gentleman reading poetry to three ladies, flanked to each side by a tapering column with feather mount, with bevelled glazed sides, the interior with red velvet-lined back and with four glass shelves, on tapering fluted feet
32 in. (81.2 cm.) wide; 80¼ in. (203.8 cm.) high; 15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) deep