A CHARLES II BLACK AND GILT LACQUER CABINET ON SILVERED WOOD STAND

CIRCA 1685

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A CHARLES II BLACK AND GILT LACQUER CABINET ON SILVERED WOOD STAND
Circa 1685
The arched and pierced scrolling flowering acanthus crest with central Neptune figure holding a trident flanked to each corner by a putto, the returns similarly carved centered by a shell, the cabinet case with a pair of doors with pierced foliate and engraved lacquered brass corner mounts, hinges and elaborate repoussé lockplate, decorated to the front with figures in a rocky landscape with pagodas, trees and birds, the sides with birds amidst foliage or with a pagoda in a landscape with birds and trees, the interior fitted with a range of drawers and decorated with courtly figures and birds in a landscape, on a base with pierced scrolling acanthus waist above scrolling flowering acanthus pierced apron, the front with central bearded figure holding a shaft, possibly Zeus, each side centered by a shell, on putto-headed and acanthus-carved volute legs with inscrolled feet, with the typed label G-51/CHARLES II BLACK LACQUER CABINET./(carved silvered pediment. Pair folding doors in upper part)/July 1946, the cabinet stamped TE, the decoration largely refreshed, particularly to the interior
78½in. (199.5cm.) high , 46in. (117cm.) wide, 24½in. (62cm.) deep overall

Lot Essay

A cabinet with similarly conceived stand in the collection at They Vyne, in Hampshire is illustrated in R. Edwards, ed., The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1964, p. 96, fig.16.

Another cabinet with similar giltwood stand with comparable legs was sold Sotheby's London 8 July 1994, lot 47.

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