A QAJAR POLYCHROME LACQUER PAPIER MACHE QALAMDAN with rounded ends and sliding tray, the warm brown top and sides painted with lobed scrolling leaf-motifs around black cartouches with gold 'machine-tooling' and delicate leafy terminals, the black border with gold floral motifs, the top signed by Abu Talib Mudarresi, the green base and tray with brown cartouches overpainted with gold machine-tooling, associated silver inkwell, circa 1870 (relacquered, very slight restorations)