A Louis XV-style ormolu-mounted kingwood vitrine cabinet

BY FRANOIS LINKE, CIRCA 1900

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A Louis XV-style ormolu-mounted kingwood vitrine cabinet
By Franois Linke, Circa 1900
The waved, rounded eared brche marble top above a tapering bomb body with glazed door and three glazed sides enclosing two shelves, the angles headed by male and female busts after the model by J.P. Latz and flanked by a female mask, floral and foliate-scroll clasps, above a shaped apron with stylized rockwork and 'crab'-clasp and on splayed legs with foliate chutes trailing to scroll sabots, inscribed F. Linke to an angle mount
47in. (121.3cm.) high; 16in. (40.8cm.) square
Linke, F.

Lot Essay

It is possible that the signature on the present vitrine was applied later. However, the construction of the carcass, with its pegged top to secure the marble slab, and the use of the 'crab' mount, would indicate that it is in fact a Linke piece.

See lot 507 for a note on Franois Linke.

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