Lot 170: A fine and important French mid-19th century ormolu and hardstone-mounted ebonised collector's cabinet - by Charles-Guillaume Diehl (Paris, 1811 - 1885)

by Charles-Guillaume Diehl (Paris, 1811 - 1885) with serpentine sides, and an arched pediment topped by an ormolu cresting of a cartouche beneath an open Imperial crown, flanked by a pair of putti holding a drapery swag, the frieze mounted with hardstone flowers, cherries and redcurrants, within ormolu borders, all above a door enclosing an interior of twelve long, shallow drawers, and decorated with a central oval reserve of a tied bouquet of cherries and flowers, with perching bird, the spandrels mounted with hardstone pears and cherries, the sides with riband-tied musical trophy mounts, the angles with figural herms terminating in scrolls, raised on a plinth base and four turned feet with ormolu leaf-cast collars, the reverse with two paper Baden-Prussia Alliance seals, the lockplate engraved MÉDAILLE A' L'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE / 1855 / MANUFACTURE DE MEUBLES / DIEHL / RUE MICHEL-LE-COMTE NO. 19 PARIS , 104cm wide, 44cm deep, 162cm high (40.5in wide, 17in deep, 63.5in high).