Showcase in rosewood veneer and nets of light marquetry. It opens with a large glass door, framed by two amounts of curved glass. Ornamented with chased and gilded bronzes, including fluted falls and festoons on the uprights, lion pawed hooves, keyhole. It is topped with a veined white marble top and rests on slightly arched feet. Complete with its key, with shelves. Work of the end of the 19th century, in the Transition style of the Louis XV-Louis XVI periods. H_189,5 cm W_106 cm D_47 cm, missing a bronze shoe.

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