Antique 18th Century VOC Dutch Colonial Padouk Ebony Secretary Desk Bureau 1730 Redo The silver basket is in

The silver basket is in very good condition

This casket most likely dates to the middle of the 16th century and is unusual in that the dials are repeated on each side

Vinea unapologetically produced incredibly high quality humorous and whimsical scenes that were always elegant and depicted figures in period costume situated in lavishly ornamented interiors

and in the autumn of 1858 he went to study in Rome

with one wider drawer to the middle

Antique 18th Century VOC Dutch Colonial Padouk Ebony Secretary Desk Bureau 1730 Redo The silver basket is inA very rare antique Dutch Colonial V. O. C. (Dutch East India Company) fall front bureau desk on stand, Batavia, circa 1730. This desk in the Queen Anne style was made in the Dutch East Indies, known as Batavia (now Indonesia) under the Colonial Dutch. The desk is made from padouk (Amboyna) and ebony wood, the desk having an ebony 'rippled' gallery to the top that follows the outline of the desk. The paneled fall front with a pierced work escutcheon &