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A REGENCY BRONZE-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD INKSTAND
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A REGENCY BRONZE-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD INKSTAND

BY THE WEEKS MUSEUM

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A REGENCY BRONZE-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD INKSTAND
By the Weeks Museum
The rectangular top with two pen-trays, a pair of glass ink-wells and a pair of candlestick paper-weights, above a part cedar-lined drawer, on paw feet headed by foliage scrolls, engraved 'Weeks's Rl. Mufeum Tichborne Stt.'
15½ in. (39.5 cm.) wide
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Thomas Weeks established his renowned museum of 'mechanical curiosities' at Nos. 3 & 4 Tichbourne Street in about 1797. The attractions included various animated animals and insects, ingenious clocks, musical instruments, elaborate temples, toys and other such peculiarities that appealed to the London public in the late 18th and early 19th Century (C. Gilbert 'Some Weeks cabinets reconsidered', Connoisseur, May 1971, p. 15).

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