Lot 206
  • 206

An unusual Dutch brass inlaid gilt-bronze-mounted mahogany console table early 19th century

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 91cm. high, 118cm. wide, 54.5cm. deep; 2ft. 11¾in., 3ft. 10½in., 1ft. 9½in.
with a rectangular veined grey and white marble top, sliding forward to reveal a lifting panel with two shelves above three frieze drawers on front female caryatid supports mounted with a gilt-bronze caduceus with a mirrored back, the platform base inlaid with a demi-lune of arrows, the whole inlaid with brass stringing

Catalogue Note

This table can be a console or a serving table with the rising shelves. The unusual feature is the marble top which slides forward on runners to allow the two hidden shelves to be raised