A French ormolu oval musical ink stand on four paw feet with a band of matted foliage and formal ornament with everted pierced gallery and beaded rim with a central oval mother-of-pearl plaque carved with a scallop motif and incised foliage border, with central miniature harp inset with mother-of-pearl panel, a cut-glass dish, and two cut-glass inkwells each with ormolu rim with sliding flap covers each surmounted by a dolphin pen holder, the cylinder musical movement with stamped initials 'PF', early 19th Century, 7¾in. (19.5cm) wide.

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A French ormolu oval musical ink stand on four paw feet with a band of matted foliage and formal ornament with everted pierced gallery and beaded rim with a central oval mother-of-pearl plaque carved with a scallop motif and incised foliage border, with central miniature harp inset with mother-of-pearl panel, a cut-glass dish, and two cut-glass inkwells each with ormolu rim with sliding flap covers each surmounted by a dolphin pen holder, the cylinder musical movement with stamped initials 'PF', early 19th Century, 7¾in. (19.5cm) wide.

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