Very Rare Kansas City, Motorcycle and Cycle Accessories Display Cabinet

Smiths Watchmakers shop display cabinet A lovely piece, the cabinet has been made to sit on a shop counter The interior has 3 long drawers accessed from the back and a glazed sloping front section . This is divided into 3 and Has the iconic Crown set over “SMITHS DE LUX WATCHES...

Cadbury’s counter top sweet shop display cabinet  This glazed shop display cabinet is made mahogany, the glass has etched lettering on the fron...

McVitie & Price Counter Top Cake Shop Display Cabinet This is a Glazed Counter top Display Cabinet is made in walnut it holds 4 sliding...

A pair of Edwardian Fry’s counter top shop display cabinets, sweet shop  This pair of glazed shop display cabinets are made mahogan...

Victorian arch top astral glazed display cabinet. This is a very attractive cabinet, it has an attractive cornice to the arch top, the interior is in c...

Victorian Shop Display Counter Top Cabinet This is superb Victorian shop display Cabinet, it has a wooden frame, the base of the cabinet is co...

We are delighted to offer for sale this original 1950s shop display counter advertising rawl plugs A very good looking and well-made piece, i...

The square central section is glazed, mirrored and rotates, with additional inner frames, all above a frieze with a disguised drawer, surmounted by a pagoda roof with upswept eaves, pendant bronze bells, aoi mon and serpentine dragons, the finial comprising a ho-ho with open wings; the base comprises four deeply carved cabriole legs with ho-hoshoulders and feathered claw feet resting on minogame whose tails support a circular spinach-marble shelf, with a similar marble set into the solid stretcher, decorated throughout with cloud scrolls, tendrils, inro and many auspicious symbols, the creatures’ eyes rendered in mother-of-pearl, inscribed ‘Behold fire’, Yokohama, Japan, circa 1900. Provenance: Fletcher’s Auction House, Houston, Texas. October 9-11 1981 Catalogue. Lot number 583 and envelope illustration. Footnote: This is an intriguing cabinet in many ways. The inscription “hino yojin” indicates a place for candlesticks or other light sources in a grand interior, however the inner drilled frames within the glass doors, and the fact that the whole display section rotates, would suggest something of great value and artistic merit was displayed inside. The carvings are related to the mythological Palace of the Dragon God of the Sea, (Ryugu-jo). Depending on various versions of the legend this underwater palace was made from pure crystal, each of the four sides had a different season and one day in the palace was equal to a century in our world. The most famous legend refers to Urashima Taro who was carried down to this magical place on the back of a minogame or giant turtle...

A rare and very fine Edwardian mahogany display case by 'Edward and Roberts'. Inlaid with intricate floral marquetry throughout depicting swags, garlands, flowerheads and trailing be...

Emiel Veranneman, very rare oak wood, Belgium, 1960s This monumental highboard cabinet features four doors with squared handles. The cabinet is geometric and sculptural and at th...

Inspired by the traditional china cabinets, this sophisticated display cabinet features a rectangular frame of forest eucalyptus veneer rais...

A stylish and rare Coromantel, Ebony and Satinwood display cabinet. The interior lined with Satinwood and fitted with two glass shelves. The frame made of Coromantel wood with dec...