A French Napoleon III period drinks box in amboyna, decorated with brass strapwork and inlaid with ebony, opening to reveal a suite of cut crystal glassware.
Napoleon III period, C.1860.
Drinks-related
Drinks Box
Inlaid Thuyawood Cave a licqueur
A Napoleon III period drinks box in thuyawood, inlaid on the top and in front with cartouches in brass kingwood and mother of pearl on an ebony ground.
Glt bronze Cave a licqueur
A French Napoleon III period gilded bronze cave-a-licqueur glazed on all sides with bevelled glass, revealing a suite of sixteen glasses and four bottles in cut crystal.
Drinks Box
A Napoleon III period Cave-a-Licqueur in kingwood, quarter-veneered with a monogram plate to the top. Inside are sixteen glasses and four bottles, all period.
French, C1860.
Drinks Box
A Napoleon III period Cave-a-Licqueur. This box is decorated in thuyawood and ebonized pearwood with original panels of beveled glass, the front panel with a monogram.
