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A Continental novelty inkstand
modelled as a rococo dressing table on caryatid cabriole legs joined by C-scroll stretchers and with a glazed cabinet and two pen holders modelled as vases, the front fitted with a drawer and with two inkwells with circular hinged covers, die-stamped overall with children in 18th Century costume, putti on swings, landscape vignettes and rococo flowers and scrolling foliage - 4¾in. (12cm.)
See Plate 3
modelled as a rococo dressing table on caryatid cabriole legs joined by C-scroll stretchers and with a glazed cabinet and two pen holders modelled as vases, the front fitted with a drawer and with two inkwells with circular hinged covers, die-stamped overall with children in 18th Century costume, putti on swings, landscape vignettes and rococo flowers and scrolling foliage - 4¾in. (12cm.)
See Plate 3