Mahogany and mahogany veneer watch stand simulating a secretary with detached columns, the upper part featuring a circular watch slot encircled by a brass foliate frieze, the lower part decorated under glass with a scene painted on paper decorated with a dog and a dove in a mirror surround and imitation tortoiseshell decoration fixed under glass, resting on flattened brass ball feet (cracks, lifting to the veneer, glass pitted, dial re-glued). Restoration period. Walnut and chestnut watch stand, molded, carved and varnished, with basket-handle top, circular watch slot, pilaster-decorated uprights ending in scrolls, heart-carved center, sectioned front and straight back legs (traces of wood-eating insects, chips, bumps, missing parts and restorations). 19th century. Height : 37 cm - Width : 21 cm - Depth : 8 cm Height : 25.5 cm - Width : 15.5 cm - Depth : 9 cm