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A FRENCH SÈVRES STYLE AND BRASS FOUR PIECE DESK SET, comprising of a carriage clock, stationery folder, correspondence box and circular inkwell, each engraved all over with foliate scrolls and mounted with Sèvres style panels depicting couples in wooded glades and pastoral settings, the carriage clock in a corniche case, mounted with four panels (three cracked) and a similarly decorated dial, the twin-train movement No. 5788 with push/repeat on a bell, the stationery folder, with a hinged cover (broken) and red leather cover, the interior stamped HOWELL JAMES & CO., REGENT STREET, the rectangular correspondence box with a hinged sloping lid and compartmented interior, the inkwell with a twin-handled urn reservoir and hinged cover (broken) the clock: 7in. (17cm.) high

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A FRENCH SÈVRES STYLE AND BRASS FOUR PIECE DESK SET, comprising of a carriage clock, stationery folder, correspondence box and circular inkwell, each engraved all over with foliate scrolls and mounted with Sèvres style panels depicting couples in wooded glades and pastoral settings, the carriage clock in a corniche case, mounted with four panels (three cracked) and a similarly decorated dial, the twin-train movement No. 5788 with push/repeat on a bell, the stationery folder, with a hinged cover (broken) and red leather cover, the interior stamped HOWELL JAMES & CO., REGENT STREET, the rectangular correspondence box with a hinged sloping lid and compartmented interior, the inkwell with a twin-handled urn reservoir and hinged cover (broken) the clock: 7in. (17cm.) high
the stationery folder: 8in. (20cm.) x 11in. (28cm.)
the correspondence box: 7½in. (19cm.) wide; 5¼in. (13cm.) high; 5½in. (14cm.) deep
the inkwell: 7¼in. (18.5cm.) diam. (4)

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