Buffet

This was an item in the kitchen of my wife's great-aunt. The cabinet is made of fir with a Beech or Birch top. There is a cutting board which pulls out with a brass handle, and two doors on the lower cabinet with brass key hole ornaments. There two wooden drawers (11cm high by 29cm wide) just under the retractable cutting board with ceramic knobs. The upper cabinet is divided into 17 compartments, which hold 16 cermaic drawers. The largest opening (19.5cm wide by 29cm high) is centered to the top. The white ceramic drawers are decorated with a band of cobalt blue, rose, lace pattern are in 3 sizes, the 6 largest (16cm wide by 11cm high) are placed 3 to either side of the large opening, and are marked; Tapioca, Riz, Vermicelle, Sucre, Chicorée, Café. There appears to be one drawer missing for the next size which is 10cm wide by 17cm high, placed under the large opening, the one remaining drawer is marked; Farine.
The smallest drawers are 7.5cm wide by 5.5cm high marked;
Thym, Girofie, Vanille, Cannelle, Epices, Laurier, Poivre, Muscade. They are placed 4 on each side, under the largest drawers, in the corners of the upper compartment. This whole structure is raised 35.5cm above the top of the lower cabinet. Any information, history, estimates, etc., concerning this piece of furniture is appreciated.