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A French gilt metal double inkwell
cast from a model by J Deruller, modelled as a naked cherub figure sleeping drunkenly on a bed, holding a wine casket in each hand, the covers opening to reveal inkwells, on a stepped striated green base with four short gilt feet, signed in the bronze, stamped marks Vvf Ls. Luppens. Editeur (small chips to base, damaged glass liner) -- 23.7cm. wide
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cast from a model by J Deruller, modelled as a naked cherub figure sleeping drunkenly on a bed, holding a wine casket in each hand, the covers opening to reveal inkwells, on a stepped striated green base with four short gilt feet, signed in the bronze, stamped marks Vvf Ls. Luppens. Editeur (small chips to base, damaged glass liner) -- 23.7cm. wide
See illustration