A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-BRASS-INLAID EBONY, BURR, TULIPWOOD AND SYCAMORE GAMES CASKET, ON STAND
BY ALPHONSE-GUSTAVE GIROUX, PARIS, CIRCA 1850-60
A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-BRASS-INLAID EBONY, BURR, TULIPWOOD AND SYCAMORE GAMES CASKET, ON STAND BY ALPHONSE-GUSTAVE GIROUX, PARIS, CIRCA 1850-60 The casket and stand richly inlaid with scrolling stylized foliage, the hinged top of the casket centred by the crowned initials 'KC', and opening to an elaborately fitted interior with four removable games surfaces inlaid in ivory, and many small pieces, some ivory, including chess pieces, chips, dice, dominos, checkers, jockey figures, picks and a rule book, the fall-front revealing two further drawers with fitted interiors enclosing playing cards and a circular games board, the lockplate signed ' Maison Alph Giroux à Paris ', the stand fitted with a drawer enclosing a 'Jeu de Derby Steeple-Chase' board, with a shaped frieze and gadrooned legs terminating in round feet 42 ¼ in. (107.5 cm.) high; 30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) wide; 22 ¾ in. (58 cm.) deep
A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-BRASS-INLAID EBONY, BURR, TULIPWOOD AND SYCAMORE GAMES CASKET, ON STAND
BY ALPHONSE-GUSTAVE GIROUX, PARIS, CIRCA 1850-60
A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-BRASS-INLAID EBONY, BURR, TULIPWOOD AND SYCAMORE GAMES CASKET, ON STAND BY ALPHONSE-GUSTAVE GIROUX, PARIS, CIRCA 1850-60 The casket and stand richly inlaid with scrolling stylized foliage, the hinged top of the casket centred by the crowned initials 'KC', and opening to an elaborately fitted interior with four removable games surfaces inlaid in ivory, and many small pieces, some ivory, including chess pieces, chips, dice, dominos, checkers, jockey figures, picks and a rule book, the fall-front revealing two further drawers with fitted interiors enclosing playing cards and a circular games board, the lockplate signed ' Maison Alph Giroux à Paris ', the stand fitted with a drawer enclosing a 'Jeu de Derby Steeple-Chase' board, with a shaped frieze and gadrooned legs terminating in round feet 42 ¼ in. (107.5 cm.) high; 30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) wide; 22 ¾ in. (58 cm.) deep
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