A Louis Xv Ormolu-Mounted Amaranth, Bois Satine and Tulipwood-Crossbanded

the arc-en-arbalète Brèche d'Alep marble top above two drawers decorated sans traverse with a central banded shaped cartouche flanked by C-scrolls and centred at the top by a scallop-edged cabochon suspending a foliate trail with roses, flanked by banded foliate handles, above a draped apron, the hipped angles with pierced rocaille and acanthus-cast clasps, on cabriole legs and paw feet stamped C.M*, the bronzes later stamped with the 'C' couronné poinçon , the back inscribed in black ink in 18th-century script '8' or '5', with remains of blue-bordered paper label inscribed in ink '44'

Estimate:£100,000

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