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CIRCA 1825, SCRIPT MARK TO INTERIOR OF ONE COVER
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A Worcester (Chamberlain's) desk-set
Circa 1825, script mark to interior of one cover
Of shaped rectangular outline and with pierced scroll-moulded borders, with two sphinx handles, standing on four scroll feet, painted with cartouches of children at play and exotic birds in landscapes and in flight reserved on a deep-blue-ground enriched in gilding with foliage and scrolls, the upper surface with two trays for pens, two recesses for sanders and three detachable urn-shaped inkwells, two with covers (one inkwell cover lacking, one cover restored, sanders lacking, heads of both sphinxes broken off and restuck, hairline cracks to underside and wear to gilding)
12in. (30cm.) wide approx.
Circa 1825, script mark to interior of one cover
Of shaped rectangular outline and with pierced scroll-moulded borders, with two sphinx handles, standing on four scroll feet, painted with cartouches of children at play and exotic birds in landscapes and in flight reserved on a deep-blue-ground enriched in gilding with foliage and scrolls, the upper surface with two trays for pens, two recesses for sanders and three detachable urn-shaped inkwells, two with covers (one inkwell cover lacking, one cover restored, sanders lacking, heads of both sphinxes broken off and restuck, hairline cracks to underside and wear to gilding)
12in. (30cm.) wide approx.