A BERLIN ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND MARQUETRY WRITING-TABLE attributed to J.F. and H.W. Spindler, with hinged kidney-shaped top decorated with ribbon-tied floral bouquet within a scrolled border, the interior with four compartments, the waved frieze with foliate decoration and drawer to one side, on cabriole legs headed by acanthus scrolls joined by a square undertier inlaid with a rose, formerly with sabots, the underside with ink inscription Stiastenÿ a Kirchheim pohlland 1763, the base with chalk inscription 13/2/29, circa 1763

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A BERLIN ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND MARQUETRY WRITING-TABLE attributed to J.F. and H.W. Spindler, with hinged kidney-shaped top decorated with ribbon-tied floral bouquet within a scrolled border, the interior with four compartments, the waved frieze with foliate decoration and drawer to one side, on cabriole legs headed by acanthus scrolls joined by a square undertier inlaid with a rose, formerly with sabots, the underside with ink inscription Stiastenÿ a Kirchheim pohlland 1763, the base with chalk inscription 13/2/29, circa 1763
16in. (30.5cm.) wide; 27½in. (70cm.) high; 12in. (30.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A very similar table by J.F. and H.W. Spindler, formerly at the Newes Palais, Sanssouci, Potsdam, is illustrated H. Kreisel, Die Kunst des Deutschen Möbels, Munich, 1970, fig. 797.

The inscription probably refers to an owner although in Czechoslovakian Stiastenÿ means a mural. Pohlland is a completely German rendering.

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