拍品 1300
  • 1300

AN AUSTRIAN ENAMEL-MOUNTED CABINET, PROBABLY VIENNA, CIRCA 1880-90 |

估價
6,000 - 8,000 USD
招標截止

描述

  • wood, enamel, copper, hardstone
  • length 13 7/8 in.
  • 35.3 cm
on stepped base with a single long drawer, the central portion with seven small fabric-lined drawers with agate pulls, three sides mounted with plaques enameled with scrolling flowers and foliage issuing from urns and winged female busts on sky-blue ground, the top with a drawer with sliding cover

Condition

some plaques with minor losses to enamel at corners, the left-hand plaque on the long drawer on base with larger enamel loss to two corners; 6 of the plaques lacking some pins (missing 15 pins total); the wood frame with some cracks throughout; otherwise good
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