Lot 380
A rare mid 18th century Chinese export amboyna and ebony table bureau
Auction: 7 May 2008 at 12:00 BST
£3,120
Description
with ornate foliate scroll silver metal escutcheons and rope twist side handles, the ebony mouldings either plain or in leafy guilloche, the stepped interior with pigeon holes and a central narrow serpentine drawer flanked by a pair of bowfront drawers, hinges in chased silver metal, lock plate with inscribed monogram and crown, above an ogee moulded long drawer flanked by ornate scroll corners, on squat bun feet (with two keys)
Dimensions
46 cm wide, 22 cm high, 26 cm deep
Footnote
Provenance: by repute from the Austrian Royal Family Collections. The monogram is Queen Adelaide's.