A GERMAN GILT-METAL AND MEISSEN PORCELAIN-MOUNTED GILTWOOD CABINET A DEUX CORPS CIRCA 1880, BLUE-CROSSED SWORDS TO THE REVERSE OF SOME PLAQUES, THE GILDING LATER Of architectural form, decorated allover with variosuly shaped plaques depicting early scenes in the manner of David Teniers the upper section with narrow frieze drawer above a pair of doors each mounted with a large plaque, the reverse of each with a portrait after Nicolas de Largillihre, the interior fitted drawers and a concealed rotating unit, mounted with figures emblematic of the seasons, a set of drawers, a mirror and the arms of Augustus II the Strong, the lower section fitted with a pull-out slide over a pair of doors each fitted with a plaque painted after Vernet to one side and flowers to the reverse, the carcass stamped with retailer's mark 'A. VACANI/95 & 96, HIGH HOLBORN/LONDON W. C./ANTIQUE AND DECORATIVE FURNITURE, BRONZES & O.' 71 ½ in. (181.6 cm.) high, 41 1/8 in. (105.4 cm.) wide, 19 1/8 in. (48.5 cm.) deep Provenance Maria Felix: La Doña , Christie's, New York, 17-18 July 2007, lot 539. With A. B. Levy, Palm Beach, Florida. The Collection of Robert & Barbara Safford , Freeman's, Philadelphia, 25 September 2013, lot 1.
A GERMAN GILT-METAL AND MEISSEN PORCELAIN-MOUNTED GILTWOOD CABINET A DEUX CORPS CIRCA 1880, BLUE-CROSSED SWORDS TO THE REVERSE OF SOME PLAQUES, THE GILDING LATER Of architectural form, decorated allover with variosuly shaped plaques depicting early scenes in the manner of David Teniers the upper section with narrow frieze drawer above a pair of doors each mounted with a large plaque, the reverse of each with a portrait after Nicolas de Largillihre, the interior fitted drawers and a concealed rotating unit, mounted with figures emblematic of the seasons, a set of drawers, a mirror and the arms of Augustus II the Strong, the lower section fitted with a pull-out slide over a pair of doors each fitted with a plaque painted after Vernet to one side and flowers to the reverse, the carcass stamped with retailer's mark 'A. VACANI/95 & 96, HIGH HOLBORN/LONDON W. C./ANTIQUE AND DECORATIVE FURNITURE, BRONZES & O.' 71 ½ in. (181.6 cm.) high, 41 1/8 in. (105.4 cm.) wide, 19 1/8 in. (48.5 cm.) deep Provenance Maria Felix: La Doña , Christie's, New York, 17-18 July 2007, lot 539. With A. B. Levy, Palm Beach, Florida. The Collection of Robert & Barbara Safford , Freeman's, Philadelphia, 25 September 2013, lot 1.
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