A SOUTH GERMAN EBONY AND ENAMEL MOUNTED TABLE CABINET LATE 18TH CENTURY of architectural sarcophagus form, with a pair of doors with oval enamel panels of battle scenes in the manner of Louis-Nicholas van Blarenberghe, in gilt metal frames to both the exterior and interior, enclosing three small drawers, with further oval panels to each side and turned ebonised columns to each corner, on a stepped base with slender oval panels depicting landscapes and river scenes to each side, above a shaped apron and bracket feet 18.5cm high, 25.4cm wide, 19.2cm deep

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