A REGENCE LACQUER BRONZE-MOUNTED KINGWOOD COMMODE

CIRCA 1730

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A REGENCE LACQUER BRONZE-MOUNTED KINGWOOD COMMODE
CIRCA 1730
Of bombé form, with serpentine basque breccia marble top, above two short and two long drawers, on splayed legs, stamped 'MARCHAND' four times, mounts apparently original and previously lacquered, some mounts marked with C-couronné poinçon
34 in. (86.5 cm.) high, 49 in. (124.5 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep

Literature

L. Goff, Stone Houses: Colonial to Contemporary, Boston, 2002, p.172.

Lot Essay

Nicolas-Jean Marchand, maître before 1738.

The C-couronné poinçon was a tax mark applied to any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749.

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