Antique 18th Century VOC Dutch Colonial Padouk Ebony Secretary Desk Bureau 1730 Decorative Arts they were known for making

they were known for making high quality silver items and are highly prized by collectors

The clock housed in an architectural oak case with a carved pediment above and a pair of columns to the case

(1662-1722)

circa 1908

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Antique 18th Century VOC Dutch Colonial Padouk Ebony Secretary Desk Bureau 1730 Decorative Arts they were known for makingA very rare antique Dutch Colonial V. O. C. (Dutch East India Company) fall front bureau desk on stand, Batavia, circa 1730. This desk in the Queen Anne style was made in the Dutch East Indies, known as Batavia (now Indonesia) under the Colonial Dutch. The desk is made from padouk (Amboyna) and ebony wood, the desk having an ebony 'rippled' gallery to the top that follows the outline of the desk. The paneled fall front with a pierced work escutcheon &