An Austrian 19th Century silver-gilt inkstand

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An Austrian 19th Century silver-gilt inkstand
of shaped oblong form, on dolphin and serpent feet and fitted with two inkwells applied with caryatids and flowers and chased with foliage and with a central taperstick on supports supplied with dragons and putti, the sconce applied with foliage, the fruit and foliate-chased body with a drawer, the front applied with shield-shaped mounts chased with portraits of 17th Century men and women - 10½in. (26.75cm.), 54.25oz.
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