A FRENCH BRONZE ANIMALIER INKSTAND, cast from a model by P.J. Mêne, the group entitled Chasse à la Perdrix depicting a setter and a pointer pursuing a gamebird, on an oval naturalistic base inscribed P.J. MÊNE 1847, the conforming stand with a pen tray formed from a pond with lilies and bullrushes, flanked by an inkpot to each side, and with four turtle feet (part of leaf work to left lacking), second half 19th century