#159

French Faience Slant-Front Desk in the 18th Century Manner
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Description
10" (25 cm.) w. 9" h. Of fine faience with creamy background, the elegant desk features a slant front which hinges open to reveal porcelain lined interior, five lower wooden drawers and curved cabriole legs. There are figural women's head at each side and centering the slant front, well-detailed scenes in the Watteau romantic style decorate each side, of which Grecian style god and goddess adorn the desk lid and garlands and scrolls are painted along the sides. Excellent condition. French, late 1800s.