Harcroft House Sale

Live Auction, 18 November 2019

Session Two

Sold for

ZAR 14 794
Lot 222
  • A Napoleon III boulle, tortoiseshell, ebonised and gilt-metal mounted pier cabinet
  • A Napoleon III boulle, tortoiseshell, ebonised and gilt-metal mounted pier cabinet
  • A Napoleon III boulle, tortoiseshell, ebonised and gilt-metal mounted pier cabinet
  • A Napoleon III boulle, tortoiseshell, ebonised and gilt-metal mounted pier cabinet
  • A Napoleon III boulle, tortoiseshell, ebonised and gilt-metal mounted pier cabinet
  • A Napoleon III boulle, tortoiseshell, ebonised and gilt-metal mounted pier cabinet
  • A Napoleon III boulle, tortoiseshell, ebonised and gilt-metal mounted pier cabinet
  • A Napoleon III boulle, tortoiseshell, ebonised and gilt-metal mounted pier cabinet
  • A Napoleon III boulle, tortoiseshell, ebonised and gilt-metal mounted pier cabinet
  • A Napoleon III boulle, tortoiseshell, ebonised and gilt-metal mounted pier cabinet
  • A Napoleon III boulle, tortoiseshell, ebonised and gilt-metal mounted pier cabinet
  • A Napoleon III boulle, tortoiseshell, ebonised and gilt-metal mounted pier cabinet


Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 14 794

About this Item

A Napoleon III boulle, tortoiseshell, ebonised and gilt-metal mounted pier cabinet the rectangular marble top above a stiff-leaf gilt-metal mounted frieze, a shaped glazed door below enclosing a shelf, the sides applied with pierced foliate decoration within a shaped cartouche, on a conforming plinth base centred by a leaf in high relief, restorations, some distress to the boulle, 114cm high, 83cm wide, 37cm deep

*This item is not suitable for export



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