Lot n° 42
Estimation :
800 - 1000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 5 828EUR
LARGE INKWELL AS A PENHOLDER - Lot 42
LARGE INKWELL AS A PENHOLDER
Louis XVI style, work made in England, second half
half of the XIXth century.
Gilded brass and soft paste porcelain in the taste of Sevres.
H. 16 cm L. 40,5 cm W. 27,5 cm
The central cup of the pen box is split on its width.
A fretel is missing on an inkwell. It misses under this inkwell
a wooden plate with felt to protect the desk.
Missing a ribbon knot on one of the corners.
Rectangular in shape with protruding wings, it rests on a
rests on a plinth with a frieze of hearts.
The small sides are provided with a handle making
with acanthus and flowers above a mascaron.
of a mascaron. The four projections are decorated
of two oval medallions with ribbon knot
framing an oval painted motif of a bird on
a mound and branches in porcelain. The large sides
sides are decorated with a chiseled cartouche of two
branches tied by a ribbon with in the center an oval
oval porcelain plate with the same bird decoration.
The top has four inkwell lids,
without their glassware, chiseled with a fretel rocaille.
In the center, an oval bowl painted with two birds
with a mound bordered with water. The bowl of the top
was originally an oval dish on a pedestal. All
medallion plates were cut from plates.
plates. The porcelains are English copies
from the 19th century.
This inkwell has a secret drawer in mahogany with
opening with trigger.
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