CIRCA 1860

Details

A GERMAN ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN-MOUNTED EBONY AND EBONISED CABINET-ON-STAND
CIRCA 1860
The three-quarter galleried top surmounted by figures, above a pair of doors and two frieze drawers, mounted overall with porcelain plaques, the doors each with a central oval plaque decorated with a scène gallante, the interior fitted with one long and four short drawers to each side about a mirrored recess flanked to each side by two porcelain term figures, on turned stop-fluted tapering legs joined by a shaped X-stretcher centred by a seated putto
64 in. (162 cm.) high; 45 in. (114 cm.) wide; 20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 1 October 2002, lot 205 (£19,120).

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Lot Essay

This cabinet perpetuates an established tradition of finely-mounted porcelain furnishings which gained popularity during the third quarter of the 19th century. Porcelain makers from the Dresden area demonstrated their skill with porcelain-mounted cabinets, continuing the tradition of the Meissen porcelain manufactory which began in the early 18th century (see lot 186). A very similar cabinet was sold Sotheby's, Paris, 16 May 2002, lot 287 (57,500 Euros).

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