This wonderful Cave-a-Licqueur is the epitome of the decorative art of papier-mache, with all its vibrant painting and inlaid mother-of-pearl, set of against a black ground.
Drinks-related
Crystal and Ormolu Licqueur Case
This very unusual and striking licqueur set is French, from the end of the 19th century.
Napoleon III Cave a Licqueur
This wonderful creation is the work of Raimond of Paris. It is a tour de force of marquetry, a complicated pattern of thuyawood, kingwod and purpleheart, inlaid with brass and mother of pearl.
Drinks Box
A French Napoleon III period drinks box in amboyna, decorated with brass strapwork and inlaid with ebony, opening to reveal a suite of cut crystal glassware.
Napoleon III period, C.1860.
Inlaid Thuyawood Cave a licqueur
A Napoleon III period drinks box in thuyawood, inlaid on the top and in front with cartouches in brass kingwood and mother of pearl on an ebony ground.
Glt bronze Cave a licqueur
A French Napoleon III period gilded bronze cave-a-licqueur glazed on all sides with bevelled glass, revealing a suite of sixteen glasses and four bottles in cut crystal.
