AN ANTIQUE FRENCH MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND BURL WALNUT INLAID TANTALUS, LATE 19TH CENTURY, with a hinged rectangular lid centering a shaped ebony reserve with brass inlaid blossoming foliage and an engraved monogram,within a burl walnut panel and kingwood crossbanding, above a similarly detailed hinged serpentine front flanked by hinged side panels, opening to an interior with a removable conforming wood stand having a shaped oval gilt bronze handle and enclosing four blossoming vine etched decanters with faceted stoppers and ten similarly etched glasses, within a serpentine base and raised on circular ebonized wood feet. Height: 10 3/4" Width: 13" Depth: 9 3/4"

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