Briefly catalogued as a 19th century French cabinet embellished with gilt metal mounts and a jasperware plaque, this highly decorative piece shown right was a stand-out offering at Rayleigh auction house Stacey’s (20% buyer’s premium).
Estimated at £2000-3000, it brought four phone bidders into a battle which ended with victory for a buyer in the room against an Italian underbidder on the phone with a bid of £10,800.