Description:
Napoleon III Kingwood Marble-top Porcelain-mounted Meuble d'Appui, France, 19th century, with overall gilt-bronze mounts, rectangular white marble top with canted corners, over a conforming frieze with C-scroll foliate mounts, single-door case with centralized oval Sevres-style polychrome plaque with painted birds, surrounded by four similarly decorated plaques, vacant interior with one shelf, on a shaped base, ht. 42 1/2, wd. 31 1/2, dp. 16 1/2 in.
Estimate $2,500-3,500
Some mounts and hardware of a later date.
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Napoleon III, FranceStuart Slavid
Senior Vice President
Director of Fine Ceramics
Director of Fine Silver
Director of European Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3203
Emily Stegner
Specialist, European Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3203
Stephanie Opolski
Appraiser
508-970-3000
European Furniture & Decorative Arts
The European Furniture & Decorative Arts department curates auctions of English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, and Russian antiques, furniture, and decorative arts.