Lot Essay
See note to lot 151.
BY FRANCOIS LINKE, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A French ormolu-mounted kingwood jardiniere
By Francois Linke, Paris, Late 19th Century
Of oval shape with a drop-in zinc liner, above a stepped top, the shaped frieze with a crab-like acanthus to each side, on four square tapering shaped legs each headed by a foliate-cast clasp, one signed F. Linke, joined by an 'X'-shaped stretcher centred with a shaped platform, on scroll sabots
39½ in. (100 cm.) wide; 35 in. (89 cm.) high; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep
By Francois Linke, Paris, Late 19th Century
Of oval shape with a drop-in zinc liner, above a stepped top, the shaped frieze with a crab-like acanthus to each side, on four square tapering shaped legs each headed by a foliate-cast clasp, one signed F. Linke, joined by an 'X'-shaped stretcher centred with a shaped platform, on scroll sabots
39½ in. (100 cm.) wide; 35 in. (89 cm.) high; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep