A NAPOLEON III GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED MAHOGANY MARBLE-TOP CREDENZA,19th century. The grey veined white marble-top above a stylized egg-and-dart frieze and a pull-out slide over two drawers with wreath-form pulls and an applied pierced center mount with griffin and scrolling decorative detail above three inset brass mounted cupboard doors, the center with an applied mount depicting a putti charioteer, the sides with classical figures, the whole flanked by square tapering pilasters with gilt-bronze mask capitals, applied anthemion decoration and with gilt feet, all on a plinth base - 39 1/2 in. x 84 1/2 in. x 26 in. Estimate $3,000-4,000
