A pair of German 19th century porcelain and gilt bronze mounted ebonised cabinets on stands
A pair of German 19th century porcelain and gilt bronze mounted ebonised cabinets on stands
Circa 1870, each mounted with twenty-eight porcelain plaques of various shapes painted with scenes gallants, courting couples and putti, one cabinet with a pierced porcelain gallery surmounted by nine painted figures (one lacking) dressed in 18th century attire, the other with a porcelain and ebonised baluster gallery surmounted by six similar figures, each with a pair of oval panel mounted doors encompassed by spandrel mounts, the reverse with walnut and tulipwood crossbanded veneers, enclosing one long frieze drawer over eight short drawers interspersed by two Silenus and two Flora painted porcelain term figures, with one set terminating in an ebonised base and the other set on porcelain pedestals, centred by a mirrored recess with a bobbin turned gothic colonnade and chequerboard inlaid floor, above two twin panel mounted short frieze drawers, on stop fluted tapering and baluster turned legs, with a shaped X-stretcher surmounted to the centre by a scantily clad porcelain maiden, some minor variations, 116cm wide x 52cm deep x 165cm high, (45 1/2in wide x 20in deep x 64 1/2in high) (2)
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A pair of German 19th century porcelain and gilt bronze mounted ebonised cabinets on stands
Circa 1870, each mounted with twenty-eight porcelain plaques of various shapes painted with scenes gallants, courting couples and putti, one cabinet with a pierced porcelain gallery surmounted by nine painted figures (one lacking) dressed in 18th century attire, the other with a porcelain and ebonised baluster gallery surmounted by six similar figures, each with a pair of oval panel mounted doors encompassed by spandrel mounts, the reverse with walnut and tulipwood crossbanded veneers, enclosing one long frieze drawer over eight short drawers interspersed by two Silenus and two Flora painted porcelain term figures, with one set terminating in an ebonised base and the other set on porcelain pedestals, centred by a mirrored recess with a bobbin turned gothic colonnade and chequerboard inlaid floor, above two twin panel mounted short frieze drawers, on stop fluted tapering and baluster turned legs, with a shaped X-stretcher surmounted to the centre by a scantily clad porcelain maiden, some minor variations, 116cm wide x 52cm deep x 165cm high, (45 1/2in wide x 20in deep x 64 1/2in high) (2)
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