Live Auction 8023The Opulent Eye - 500 Years Decorative Arts Europe
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD VITRINE
Lot 189 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD VITRINE

ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH-EMMANUEL ZWIENER, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed22 September 2011

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GBP 26,250

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD VITRINE
ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH-EMMANUEL ZWIENER, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Surmounted by a serpentine-shaped Saint-Berthevin marble top, above an egg-and-dart moulded surround and foliate-framed frieze, the glazed panelled door enclosing a mirrored interior fitted with three adjustable glass shelves, the canted angles set with pierced foliate-cast clasps, above a bombé shaped apron, on cabriole legs with scrolled-acanthus sabots
58¾ in. (149 cm.) high; 29 in. (74 cm.) wide; 14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Although this vitrine is apparently unsigned, the presence of Zwiener's distinctive 'frond-leaf' acanthus mounts is characteristic of his oeuvre. Subtle variants of this model are known and one example, also unsigned, sold Sotheby's, New York, A Private Collection: Volume I, 26 October 2006, lot 37 ($54,000).