Lot 68
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A GEORGE IV EBONY-VENEERED AND BRASS INLAID INKSTAND
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A GEORGE IV EBONY-VENEERED AND BRASS INLAID INKSTAND

CIRCA 1825

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A GEORGE IV EBONY-VENEERED AND BRASS INLAID INKSTAND
CIRCA 1825
With twin cut-glass wells, a frieze drawer, on bun feet
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) wide
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Colonel Robert Myddelton Biddulph's ink-stand, which is boulle-filigreed in the George IV 'Louis Quatorze' fashion, relates to those executed by the New Bond Street 'Dressing Case and Desk Maker' Elizabeth Elvey (fl. 1806-1825) ( C. Gilbert, Marked London Furniture, Leeds, 1996, fig.320). It was illustrated on the centre table of the Cromwell Hall in an 1862 watercolour by the Hon. Mrs Mary Wombwell.

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