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FRANCE AND ENGLAND, 19TH CENTURY
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SIX BRONZE PAPERWEIGHTS AND AN INKPOT
FRANCE AND ENGLAND, 19TH CENTURY
Four on black marble base; a Greek helmet, an eagle and a heron, a seated dog holding a mother-of-pearl bowl and a seated bear reading a silver-plated copy of 'The Times'; two on white marble base, one with children playing on a seesaw and a model of an ear with inscription ' through this thy love in trembling accents came and to my heart enraptured bore the flame, May 5th 1846-1854' with label on underside 'Alph. Giroux & Cie, Paris, Bronze et Fantaisies'; together with an owl-shaped inkpot with Victorian registration mark, with white glass liner
The ear 6 ¾ in. (17.2 cm.) wide
FRANCE AND ENGLAND, 19TH CENTURY
Four on black marble base; a Greek helmet, an eagle and a heron, a seated dog holding a mother-of-pearl bowl and a seated bear reading a silver-plated copy of 'The Times'; two on white marble base, one with children playing on a seesaw and a model of an ear with inscription ' through this thy love in trembling accents came and to my heart enraptured bore the flame, May 5th 1846-1854' with label on underside 'Alph. Giroux & Cie, Paris, Bronze et Fantaisies'; together with an owl-shaped inkpot with Victorian registration mark, with white glass liner
The ear 6 ¾ in. (17.2 cm.) wide
來源
The 'ear' paperweight, probably Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry and then by descent.
榮譽呈獻
Nathaniel Nicholson