#69

German Painted-Tin Furniture by Rock & Graner with Luxury Gargoyle Embellishments
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$1,400
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Description
6"h. curio. Each is of pressed tin with shaded brown painted finish to simulate rosewood,and each is enhanced with shaded green/bronze gargoyle embellishments. Including corner curio cabinet with pierced back walls,graduated scalloped-edge shelves,and gargoyle feet; desk with fretwork trim,two working upper drawers,yellow-lined niches,and gargoyle supporting legs; and an oval table with center pedestal and four gargoyle legs. Excellent condition. Rock & Graner,Germany,circa 1875,each of the pieces was illustrated in the firm's 1875 Musterbucher (master sample book).