CIRCA 1840-1860

Details

A German mahogany, gilt-, blue and white gesso cabinet
Circa 1840-1860
The eared moulded rectangular cornice surmounted by a pierced foliate carved cresting with central square glazed plaquette with a silhouette portrait of Catherine the Great and inscribed RUSS: IMPER: CATHARINA.II F : X : WÜRT F :, above four glazed cupboard doors each with eight plaquettes with various silhouette portraits and inscriptions of the depicted and F : X : WÜRT F :, each enclosing a plain interior with two shelves, divided by rectangular panelled pilasters headed by a scroll and with leafy carved bases, the base with eared moulded rectangular top, above four shaped panelled doors, each enclosing a plain interior with one shelf, divided by rectangular panelled pilasters headed by a scroll and with leafy carved bases, on short cabriole foliate carved legs, minor restorations
205cm. high x 190cm. wide x 62cm. deep

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Lot Essay

The depicted on the first door from left to right, following the inscriptions, are Clio, Terpsichore, Euterpe, Urania, Melpomene, Isis and Polyhymnia. On the second door, Bachus, Cupido, Mercurius, Venus Coelestis, Neptunus, Minerva, Juno and Calliope. On the third door, Homer, Thalia, Sybilla, Ariadne, Anacreon, Ajax, Aesopus and Pythagoras. And on the fourth door, Socrates, Hipocrates, Antisthenes, Solon, Demosthenes, Plato, Lycurgus and Pyrrhus.

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