335. * W A Napoleon III period oak cigar cabinet with copper and gilt bronze mounts, attributed to Charles Guillaume Diehl, third quarter of the 19th century. A Napoleon III gilt bronze and copper mounted oak cigar cabinet on stand, attributed to Charles Guillaume Diehl, third quarter 19th century The upper section with broken pediment above a battle scene, above two drawers and a panelled fall-front mounted with military trophy plaques, enclosing a fitted interior with four adjustable oak trays to one side and three grooved cigar adjustable trays, the conforming sides opening to reveal three small drawers to each side, and on bronze animalistic sabots, the base with a drawer and on turned channelled tapering legs joined by a x-shaped stretcher, 76.5cm wide, 41.5cm deep, 138.5cm high (30in wide, 16in deep, 54 1/2in high). Of German origin, Charles Guillaume Diehl (d.1885) established his workshop in Paris, rue Saint-Sebastien, in 1840. Soon, he successfully produced a wide quantity of precious objects as liqueur cabinets, coffrets, game boxes, jewellery caskets and an array of utilitarian furnishings, both standard pieces and high level fine objects, which soon were winning awards and prizes in the international exhibitions. By 1870 Diehl employed more than six hundred craftsmen in his atelier. A related cigar cabinet signed by Diehl is in the collections of the Musée de la Seita, Paris, No. 696. An almost identical oak cigar cabinet on stand signed by Diehl was sold Christie's, the Decorative Arts Sale, Paris, 4 April 2012, lot 95 (€10,625), while another one of the same model but veneered in ebonised fruitwood was sold Christie's, London, The Collector's sale, 14 November 2018, lot 667 (£20,000).