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A Regency painted sycamore inkwell
in the form of circular cottage, the screw-off roof decorated to simulate thatch, the chimney pierced through to the glass well enclosed below, the screw-off base enclosing a further compartment -- 4¾in. (12cm) high

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Edward H. Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, Bell & Hyman, London 1969. Pinto illustrates a string box, of similar form to the present inkwell, the chimney forming the aperture. Page 203, plate 211, fig. C.

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