EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY ORMOLU AND BLACK SLATE 'WEEKS MUSEUM' INKWELL
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
With winged putto at a draped lectern enclosing the glass well, with removable lid modelled as a book inscribed 'Confefsion Omnia Vincit Amor', with dished tray and candlestick modelled as a quiver of arrows, inscribed 'pour des Pains A' Cacheter', the lectern inscribed 'WEEKS'S MUSEUM'
4½in. (11.5cm.)

Provenance

The late Mary Fry, nei Fane, Fulbeck Hall, Lincolnshire; Sotheby's, Olympia, 8 October 2002, lot 74

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Lot Essay

THE THOMAS WEEKS MUSEUM
The ink-stand was retailed by Thomas Weeks's Museum, which was established about 1797 at nos. 3 & 4 Titchbourne Street. The Museum contained various mechanical curiosities including ingenious clocks, self-playing organs, toys, animated spiders and birds of paradise. His collection was sold off by auction in 1834 following his death. The premises also included an adjoining shop, where it is presumed that pieces such as this inkstand, signed by Weeks, were offered for sale.

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