A SOUTH ITALIAN EBONY, VERRE EGLOMISE, TORTOISESHELL, ORMOLU AND GILT-METAL MOUNTED CABINET ON A CHARLES II GILTWOOD STAND

Lot 18
02.07.2024 17:00UTC +00:00
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£ 80 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1250852
Lot 18 | A SOUTH ITALIAN EBONY, VERRE EGLOMISE, TORTOISESHELL, ORMOLU AND GILT-METAL MOUNTED CABINET ON A CHARLES II GILTWOOD STAND
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
A SOUTH ITALIAN EBONY, VERRE EGLOMISE, TORTOISESHELL, ORMOLU AND GILT-METAL MOUNTED CABINET ON A CHARLES II GILTWOOD STAND
THE CABINET NAPLES, MID-17TH CENTURY, THE VERRE EGLOMISE PANELS ATTRIBUTED TO VITTORIO BILLA, THE STAND THIRD QUARTER 17TH CENTURY
The rectangular moulded breakfront cornice above a central architectural arrangement of a drawer painted with a panel of Cupid above a door with a panel of Venus opening to reveal an arrangement of drawers, flanked by double corinthian columns, two concealing four secret drawers, flanked by panels of exotic birds and insects with four foliate urn cast finials, flanked by four drawers to each side painted with scenes of putti, Venus and a Satyr with exotic beasts, on a moulded plinth base, the pierced scrolling giltwood stand carved with putti, exotic birds and floral festoons, on cabriole legs supported by putto on scroll feet, some drawers signed with monogram 'VBL', some later mounts, the stand largely regilt, some putti to scrolled feet re-positioned
66 ½ in. (170 cm.) high; 63 ½ in. (62 cm. wide); 21 in. (54 cm.) deep




Provenance

Probably acquired by Robert Croke (1609-1680) for Chequers, Buckinghamshire.
Lord Lee of Fareham, Chequers, Buckinghamshire where photographed in the dining room in 1917;
until bequeathed to the nation in 1917.
Acquired from Great Brampton House by Abdullah Bashk.
With Great Brampton House, acquired by the present owner in 2009.



Literature

A Catalogue of the Principal Works of Art at Chequers, 1923, plate XXXVI.
‘Chequers-II’, Country Life, vol. XLII, 6 October 1917, p.348-355, fig. 9.
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