A REGENCE KINGWOOD AND ROSEWOOD PARQUETRY ENCOIGNURE
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A REGENCE KINGWOOD AND ROSEWOOD PARQUETRY ENCOIGNURE

CIRCA 1730

Closed3 December 2014

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GBP 1,625

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A REGENCE KINGWOOD AND ROSEWOOD PARQUETRY ENCOIGNURE
CIRCA 1730
The shaped moulded Rouge de Maine marble top above a pair of doors enclosing two shelves, flanked by canted brass-fluted angles, with paper label printed 'ANTIGUEDADES / KERTEUX / LIBERTAD 1249 / BUENOS AIRES', the grotesque mask escutcheon later stamped 'C' couronné poiçon, the Medusa mask later
31 ¾ in. (80.5 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The 'C' couronné poiçon was a tax mark employed on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749.