A mid Victorian ormolu mounted tortoiseshell and brass 'Boulle' marquetry ebony and ebonised serpentine low cabinet
1850-1875, the central doors each inlaid with an Arabesque of scrolled acanthus, husks, butterflies and a bouquet of flowers centred by the figure of Britannia (or Athena), the front also inlaid with stylised foliage, birds and rosette-embedded trellis cartouches, with a shaped ebonised top above a pair of doors enclosing one shelf, flanked by two arched glazed panel mounted doors, enclosing two shelves, interspersed by classical female bust angle mounts with husk pendant cast and pearl encrusted lambrequined headdresses, the tortoiseshell has darkened significantly and would benefit from professional cleaning, approximately: 188cm wide x 49cm deep x 115cm high, (74in wide x 19in deep x 45in high)
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