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A SILVER-MOUNTED MARBLE DESK SET
by Obvchinnikov, Moscow, 1899-1908, with Imperial warrant
Comprising two candlesticks, an inkpot and a pen tray, the candlesticks on silver-mounted mottled-green marble base, supported on four circular feet, each mounted en cage with foliage and stylised ornaments, the stems shaped as dwarfs holding up lanterns in one hand and holding a pick in the other, the pen tray with similar marble base, mounted with a rising border decorated with scrolls and rocaille and with foliate decorated reeded rim, the inkpot with lobed glass body, mounted with a conforming domed cover, surmounted with a dwarf finial (4)
by Obvchinnikov, Moscow, 1899-1908, with Imperial warrant
Comprising two candlesticks, an inkpot and a pen tray, the candlesticks on silver-mounted mottled-green marble base, supported on four circular feet, each mounted en cage with foliage and stylised ornaments, the stems shaped as dwarfs holding up lanterns in one hand and holding a pick in the other, the pen tray with similar marble base, mounted with a rising border decorated with scrolls and rocaille and with foliate decorated reeded rim, the inkpot with lobed glass body, mounted with a conforming domed cover, surmounted with a dwarf finial (4)