A REGENCE ORMOLU, BRASS, TIN AND TORTOISESHELL-INLAID ENCRIER with two octagonal wells cast with latticework, one with a sander, the shaped base with top inlaid en contre partie with foliate scrolls and fleur-de-lys, the frieze cast with lambrequins and mounted with bearded satyr masks, on hairy paw feet

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A REGENCE ORMOLU, BRASS, TIN AND TORTOISESHELL-INLAID ENCRIER with two octagonal wells cast with latticework, one with a sander, the shaped base with top inlaid en contre partie with foliate scrolls and fleur-de-lys, the frieze cast with lambrequins and mounted with bearded satyr masks, on hairy paw feet
14in. (35.5cm.) wide

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An encrier of identical form but with three wells is in Fouquet's ante-room at Vaux-le-Vicomte

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