AN AUGSBURG SILVER-MOUNTED AND IVORY-INLAID EBONY AND TORTOISESHELL TABLE CABINET Circa 1641 The rectangular case with geometric stringing and pierced mounts to each angle, to the front with an architectural construction with a central recess with a maiden being bitten by a serpent, flanked by three-quarter detached columns, enclosing four variously-sized drawers and surmounted by a balustraded balcony, flanked by eight short drawers each with an escutcheon of a grotesque mask and above a long breakfront drawer simulated as three drawers, the breakfront with two coats-of-arms of the Family of Werninghausen and Schreckinger Von Haslach, the sides with caryatid handles centred by a crowned eagle and on claw feet, dated '1641' above the central door, the line-inlay to the right hand side is slightly different to the top and the left hand side 16½ in. (42 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) wide; 12 in. (13.5 cm.) deep
AN AUGSBURG SILVER-MOUNTED AND IVORY-INLAID EBONY AND TORTOISESHELL TABLE CABINET Circa 1641 The rectangular case with geometric stringing and pierced mounts to each angle, to the front with an architectural construction with a central recess with a maiden being bitten by a serpent, flanked by three-quarter detached columns, enclosing four variously-sized drawers and surmounted by a balustraded balcony, flanked by eight short drawers each with an escutcheon of a grotesque mask and above a long breakfront drawer simulated as three drawers, the breakfront with two coats-of-arms of the Family of Werninghausen and Schreckinger Von Haslach, the sides with caryatid handles centred by a crowned eagle and on claw feet, dated '1641' above the central door, the line-inlay to the right hand side is slightly different to the top and the left hand side 16½ in. (42 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) wide; 12 in. (13.5 cm.) deep
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