Carved ebony and blackened wood cabinet opening with a central door, the uprights in detached twisted columns resting on a wide plinth base. The top is veneered with yellow breche marble. The central panel most probably evokes the mythological story, taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses, of Mercury entrusting Bacchus to Ino surrounded by hyades under the eye of Jupiter in a setting of putti, drapery and foliage. Nineteen 17th century Florentine plaques in polychrome hardstone marquetry decorated with branching birds, fruit and foliage adorn the front and sides. Gilded bronze ornamentation such as a gallery, rods and Ionic capitals. Height 117 cm - Width: 153 cm - Depth: 57 cm 19th century work with 17th century elements