A FRENCH ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN-MOUNTED MAHOGANY WRITING DESK

Lot 34
21.10.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1506796
Lot 34 | A FRENCH ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN-MOUNTED MAHOGANY WRITING DESK
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 8 000
In the Louis XVI style, the rectangular silk-lined top with outset rounded corners above a drawer to one end, the sides mounted with porcelain plaques painted with floral sprays on fluted tapering legs headed with ribbon-tied flower wreath, spuriously stamped twice 'J.H.RIESENER' and 'JME', the underside with metal plaque inscribed HAMILTON PLACE COLLECTION/K.P.G. and with ink inscribed paper label D-55 and with white museum accession number 70DA86
265/8 in. (67.5 cm.) high, 213/4 in. (55.3 cm.) wide, 14 in. (35.5 cm.) deep
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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