Antique 18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bombe Shaped Wine Cellerette Sold sale number 6057

sale number 6057

they sit before an empty handled feeding bowl

The lidded box very finely enameled with Champlevé in a floral design

it portrays a lavish interior with a beautiful young woman in period costume holding a colorful parakeet in a cage which is being curiously inspected by her trusty greyhound dog

This image sold at Christies Auction NY in their 19th & 20th Century prints auction November 3rd 1998 for $4

Antique 18th Century Dutch Marquetry Bombe Shaped Wine Cellerette Sold sale number 6057An exceptionally rare & fine antique Dutch marquetry bombe shaped rosewood wine cellarette cooler, circa 1760. The hinged top of ogee sarcophagus form and finely inlaid with floral panels, enclosing a storage area for wine bottles. The base is of bombe shape to the front and sides, with sumptuous marquetry inlay of flowering urns with inlaid butterflies above. The base of reverse ogee shape and having corresponding marquetry inlay, the cellarette is