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Lot 185
Sale 5617 - British & European Furniture & Decorative Arts
Oct 17, 2017
9:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$600 -
800
Price Realized
$550
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Napoleon III brass and fruitwood inlaid mahogany tantalus set circa 1865
The top and front brass-banded and inlaid with elaborate brass, fruitwood, and mother-of-pearl lozenges, the top and sides opening to reveal a fitted interior with removable ormolu stand housing four stoppered decanters and sixteen cordial glasses, each decorated with a field of parcel-gilt stars; the whole raised on four gilt bun feet.
H: 10 1/2, W: 13, D: 10 in.