Lot 320 , A mid-19th century French ebonised and brass-inlaid decanter case, fitted four decanters and seven glasses on removable tray (incomplete), W 35cm
A mid-19th century French ebonised and brass-inlaid decanter case, fitted four decanters and seven glasses on removable tray (incomplete),
W 35cm
£80-120
Condition:
Case top all corners have had some remedial work carried out, the rear corners with lifting splinters of veneer; fall-front lower left brass inlays disturbed and re-glued; one stop of horizontal brass missing; similarly, a horizontal strip of inlaid brass missing from serpentine plinth. Decanters do not fit the tray tightly; one decanter shoulder bruised, approx. 20 x 10mm; one decanter with small chip to one shoulder; one glass bowl rim chipped, approx. 3 x 2mm., another with shallow chip to bowl rim, approx. 3 x 1mm.
Sold for £260