a sèvres pattern porcelain and ormolu-munted encrier, c.1870

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a sèvres pattern porcelain and ormolu-munted encrier, c.1870
Adapted from a butter dish, the bleu celeste ground painted with vignettes of floral sprays within gilt heightened borders, the cover enclosing a pounce and ink well within a gadrooned rim mount, the outer rim cast with rocaille, the underside with underglaze marks
8½in. (25.5cm.) diameter