A late 18th century Louis XV style kingwood and gilt bronze mounted commode, the quarter-veneered serpentine top within a crossbanded border and bronze edge, the frieze fitted with a pull-out leather-lined slide above a pair of doors, parquetry veneered in a geometric lattice design, the shoulders with applied bearded mask mounts, raised on finely cast hairy claw feet, height 108cm, width 128cm, depth 53cm (later fitted drawers to interior).