Antique 18th Century VOC Dutch Colonial Padouk Ebony Secretary Desk Bureau 1730 Decorative Arts Good antique condition

Good antique condition

Klever showed talent as a child and received lessons from Konstantin von Kügelgen

they were known for making high quality silver items and are highly prized by collectors

Antique Sheffield Silver Plate Nautilus Shell Spoon-Warmer

The doors are flanked by pilasters finely carved in detail with figural masks

Antique 18th Century VOC Dutch Colonial Padouk Ebony Secretary Desk Bureau 1730 Decorative Arts Good antique conditionA 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 &