.jpg?w=1)
CIRCA 1760
Details
A DUTCH BAROQUE AMBOYNA AND MAHOGANY MINIATURE BUREAU-CABINET
Circa 1760
The arched molded cornice above a pocket watch with white enamel face and with Roman chapter ring within silver case enclosing the clockmaker's printed paper label 'J. RIEFF/Horologiemaker/in de lange Viesteeg/No. 162 te/Utrecht' and with hinged access panel to top flanked by a pair of arched mirror-inset doors enclosing a shelf and two ranges of short graduated drawers centering a prospect door over a pair of candleslides, the base with rectangular slant-front enclosing a fitted interior with drawers and a central removable compartment with secret drawers, above two short and three graduated long bomb drawers, with overall line inlay, on bracket feet
38in. (97cm.) high, 19in. (49cm.) wide, 11in. (30cm.) deep
Circa 1760
The arched molded cornice above a pocket watch with white enamel face and with Roman chapter ring within silver case enclosing the clockmaker's printed paper label 'J. RIEFF/Horologiemaker/in de lange Viesteeg/No. 162 te/Utrecht' and with hinged access panel to top flanked by a pair of arched mirror-inset doors enclosing a shelf and two ranges of short graduated drawers centering a prospect door over a pair of candleslides, the base with rectangular slant-front enclosing a fitted interior with drawers and a central removable compartment with secret drawers, above two short and three graduated long bomb drawers, with overall line inlay, on bracket feet
38in. (97cm.) high, 19in. (49cm.) wide, 11in. (30cm.) deep
Provenance
The Estate of Marjorie Wiggin Prescott, sold in these Rooms, 31 January 1981, lot 73 ($11,000).