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POSSIBLY GEORGE III
Details
An English gilt japanned and simulated tortoiseshell watch-stand
Possibly George III
Decorated overall with flowers and pagodas, the bell-shaped top decorated with a huntsman, above an arched door and a pierced brass bezel, on a moulded plinth base, lacking finials to the top, minor losses to the decoration, and a pocketwatch - 19cm. high; And a gilt and black japanned and mother-of-pearl watch-stand, English late 19th/early 20th Century, decorated overall with scrolling foliage, the arched broken pediment above a panelled double arched door the rim engraved with scrolling foliage, centred by a simulated tortoiseshell bezel, on a plinth base with scroll feet, restorations, and a pocket watch - 21.5cm. high (4)
Possibly George III
Decorated overall with flowers and pagodas, the bell-shaped top decorated with a huntsman, above an arched door and a pierced brass bezel, on a moulded plinth base, lacking finials to the top, minor losses to the decoration, and a pocketwatch - 19cm. high; And a gilt and black japanned and mother-of-pearl watch-stand, English late 19th/early 20th Century, decorated overall with scrolling foliage, the arched broken pediment above a panelled double arched door the rim engraved with scrolling foliage, centred by a simulated tortoiseshell bezel, on a plinth base with scroll feet, restorations, and a pocket watch - 21.5cm. high (4)
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