Louis XV commode, c.1740 (ormolu-mounted Chinese black, polychrome & gilt lacquer, serpentine, marble and vernis)

Circa 1740, stamped five times BVRB The serpentine-fronted moulded Portor marble top above a pair of doors mounted sans traverse with Chinese lacquer panels with European embellishments depicting figures within landscapes and peering from a window, the center with figures within a pavillion within walled enclosures against a tree-lined landscape, mounted with a central cartouche framing of C-scrolls, rocaille, and trailing flowers, within a C-scroll and floral outer border, the sides with a pair of waved doors enclosing a compartment with a shelf, the doors similarly decorated and mounted, the angles with ruffled shell and foliate angles, on splayed legs terminating in floral scroll-cast sabots, the marble top with stencilled inventory number '1214' to the underside, with very small initials in ink 'R.C. to top drawer, old repairs to the marble top, minor restorations to the lacquer, the ebonized uprights refreshed