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A REGENCY GILT-BRASS AND BLACK MARBLE INKSTAND
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A REGENCY GILT-BRASS AND BLACK MARBLE INKSTAND

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY GILT-BRASS AND BLACK MARBLE INKSTAND
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The cover surmounted by a seated greyhound, interior twin compartments, lacking a glass well
10½ in. (26.6 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

拍品專文

This inkwell, with its distinctive greyhound, relates to the oeuvre of the jeweller Thomas Weeks (d. 1834), who established a 'Royal Mechanical Museum' or emporium in Tichbourne Street in about 1797. The attractions included various animated animals and insects, ingenious clocks, musical instruments, elaborate temples, toys and other such peculiarities that appealed to the London public in the late 18th and early 19th Century (C. Gilbert 'Some Weeks cabinets reconsidered', The Connoisseur, May 1971, p. 15).