A MEISSEN INKSTAND FORMED AS A CELESTIAL GLOBE, painted with named signs of the Zodiac, on a bois simulé support, the rim named with the months, on a circular spreading foot moulded with stiff leaves and beading enriched with gilding, fitted with a ink-well and a pounce-pot (finial of pounce-pot repaired), blue crossed swords and incised G. 5S., circa 1840