A Louis XVI ormolu mounted Japanese lacquer, ebony and ebonised bonheur du jour by Claude Charles Saunier (1735-1807)

A Louis XVI ormolu mounted Japanese lacquer, ebony and ebonised bonheur du jour by Claude Charles Saunier (1735-1807)
circa 1775-80
With eight lacquer panels variously depicting rustic huts, exotic birds, trees, flowers, a cockerel and a pagoda within rural landscapes, the superstructure comprising a galleried marble top with an ormolu tasselled drapery pelmet, above a pair of beaded panel mounted doors enclosing a bois satine interior, flanked by bead-and-reel panelled angles, over a marble top with projecting canted front angles, above a rosette embedded guilloche mounted and oak-lined frieze drawer, with a tulipwood sliding top inset with a gilt-tooled leather writing surface flanked by stationery compartments, with a pair of beaded panelled doors below, enclosing one shelf, flanked by paterae and ribbon-tied floral pendant mounts, on fluted tapering legs terminating in toupie feet and brass castors, stamped: 'JME., C.C. SAUNIER' 64cm wide x 40cm deep x 100cm high, (25in wide x 15 1/2in deep x 39in high)