Napoleon III onyx and ormolu mounted cabinet, executed by Charles-Guillaume Diehl, Paris, third quarter 19th century, the shaped black marble top, above a pair of doors, each centered with hardstone reserves of birds and floral bouquets, surrounded by a gilt oval frame accented with a ribbon decorated crest, flanked with fluted pilasters having Corinthian capitals, and rising on turned feet, signed on interior hardware, 45"h x 51"w x 17.5"d (Note: illustrated in Winter 2014 Carmel Magazine). Provenance: Property from the collection of Trotter’s Antiques, Pacific Grove CA StartPrice :5000