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Schleswig-Holstein - WOODEN MUSEUM CUPBOARD WITH HUNTING SCENE. WOODEN MUSEUM CUPBOARD WITH HUNTING SCENE. Schleswig-Holstein. Date: Ca. 1760. Technique: Walnut, king wood, birch, leg amongst others veneered and inlaid, partially gold-plated. Description: High rectangular body with a cracked pediment and a wide drawer in the base. Pediment and drawer with female nudes and inlaid foliate scrolls. Pilasters in the centre of the two-door front and on the chamfered corners. Their gilded capitals with mascarons of a hunter, the hunting goddess Diana and a wild boar. The curved panels at the top are finished with gold-plated ornaments. Below, hunting scenes with stag and wild boar hunting between inlaid trees and framed by fruit festoons and leaf tendrils respectively. Measurement: 260x182x76cm. Pedestal drawer restored. Enclosed: Key. Provenance: Private collection Münsterland Literature: Kreisel, Heinrich: Die Kunst des Deutschen Möbels, Vol. 2, Munich 1970. For the type see Ill. 848. Here a cabinet with the same features from the collection of the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Gottorp Castle. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. Explanations to the Catalogue Schleswig-Holstein Furniture