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A Barr Worcester kidney-shaped inkstand
with richly-gilt serpent handle, the surface piered with three apertures, each with a liner, painted in the manner of Thomas Baxter with shells on a bed of seaweed, between a salmon-pink-ground panel gilt with foliage and shaped hexagonal panels, the upper section gilt with a vermicular pattern, impressed B marks, circa 1805 (damages and repairs, covers deficient) -- 18cm. wide, and a cover
See front cover illustration
with richly-gilt serpent handle, the surface piered with three apertures, each with a liner, painted in the manner of Thomas Baxter with shells on a bed of seaweed, between a salmon-pink-ground panel gilt with foliage and shaped hexagonal panels, the upper section gilt with a vermicular pattern, impressed B marks, circa 1805 (damages and repairs, covers deficient) -- 18cm. wide, and a cover
See front cover illustration