LIQUEUR CELLAR - Lot 86

LIQUEUR CELLAR Four-sided liquor cellar with ebony-stained mahogany frame, the surface treated in the manner of an all-face "Boulle" marquetry: tortoiseshell veneer and gilded brass featuring cut-out leathers and a network of foliate scrolls. The top of the lid is encircled by an ormolu border featuring a frieze of ovals. The side handles, closing key and sabots, also in gilded bronze, feature a neo-Rococo ornamental vocabulary of scrolls and shells. The two-part hinged hood reveals a mahogany interior fitted with tiered receptacles for glass service. It contains four baluster-shaped crystal decanters engraved with gilded painted starry quatrefoils and florets, and 15 glasses (one missing). (Traces of wear, lifting to the veneer) Napoleon III period 28 x 35 x 27 cm