Circa 1760s The bombe-shaped case with a lid inlaid with moss-agate panels within a running border of stylised interlaced ovals, the body formed as a mid 18th century commode with symmetrically matched panels of agate within ormolu borders, each corner mounted with a winged cherub head on boldly-cast volutes on mask-headed scrolls, the front decorated in gilt with a group of ram-head and musical instruments, the lid and two sides fitted with handles in the form of acanthus scrolls, supported on four cast feet modelled as elephants. 15.8cm (6in) high.