Cabinet
by BÉFORT, Mathieu, Ormolu and hard-stone mounted ebony, 132 x 105 x 43 cm
This mid-19th century ormolu and hard-stone mounted ebony and ebonised cabinet has shaped grey-veined white marble top above a pierced scrolling acanthus-cast frieze, the central door applied with a fruit-filled vase, with bird and ribbon-tied branches of pears and cherries, the angles with mask mounts, the canted angles with standing figures of Bacchus and Ceres, the interior fitted with three adjustable shelves, the sides with bearded masks with lion pelmets and paterae to the angles, on a shaped plinth centred by a Bacchic mask.