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INDIA, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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AN IVORY QUILL PEN
INDIA, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Arranged in three tiers, the lower sharpened in order to be fitted with a nib and the upper carved in the form of a stylised feather, the third carved as a lotus flower, each assembled with a screwthread to be assembled and disassembled as a whole, good condition
10in. (25½in.) long
INDIA, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Arranged in three tiers, the lower sharpened in order to be fitted with a nib and the upper carved in the form of a stylised feather, the third carved as a lotus flower, each assembled with a screwthread to be assembled and disassembled as a whole, good condition
10in. (25½in.) long
Special notice
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