AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND SÈVRES PORCELAIN (LATER DECORATED) OVAL INKSTAND, the green ground painted wth birds and insects within gilt oval and flowered cartouches, the pierced holders mounted with ormolu ink-vases and covers and with a central carrying-handle on a tall stem, mounted on a footed oval base, the mounts cast with foliage, circa 1840 -- 11¼in. (28.5cm.) high