THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD BUREAU PLAT, the waved green leather-lined top with moulded ormolu rim, the corners with scrolled clasps cast with entrelac and scallop shells and stamped with the 'C' couronné poinçon, the waved frieze with three drawers to the front and simulated drawers to the back, the waved ends with pierced acanthus scroll mounts cast with flowerheads and berries, on cabriole legs headed by pierced mounts cast in two sections with acanthus scrolls, rockwork and cabochons, on scrolled sabots

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD BUREAU PLAT, the waved green leather-lined top with moulded ormolu rim, the corners with scrolled clasps cast with entrelac and scallop shells and stamped with the 'C' couronné poinçon, the waved frieze with three drawers to the front and simulated drawers to the back, the waved ends with pierced acanthus scroll mounts cast with flowerheads and berries, on cabriole legs headed by pierced mounts cast in two sections with acanthus scrolls, rockwork and cabochons, on scrolled sabots
63in. (160cm.) wide; 29½in. (75cm.) high; 31in. (79cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The C couronné poinçon was a tax mark used between February 1745 and 1749 on any alloy containing copper.

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