19th Century Continental Gilt and Argente Bronze Desk Box

Continental Gilt and Argente Bronze Desk Box, 19th century, modeled as a dome-lidded trunk, the hinged lid centered with a songbird, the façade with a blank scroll cartouche, the obverse and reverse with elaborate floral and foliate chasing, the sides embellished with lilies-of-the-valley, the interior lined in midnight-blue velvet, the underside with impressed "R.S",

h. 5", w. 6-3/8", d. 3-1/4".

Pat Monroe Antiques

“I absolutely love what I do,” says Pat Monroe, owner of Pat Monroe Antiques in downtown Austin, Texas. Pat collects and sells European furnishings and decorative arts dating from 17th through the 19th centuries, with additional pieces from the 20th…

 

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