Lot 237
  • 237

An inkwell and pen rest, so called 'encrier' Paris, 19th century

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
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Description

  • 8.5 by 22.5 by 16cm.
mounted in gilt brass and veneered in tortoiseshell, inlaid in Régènce style with foliate strapwork inhabited by monkeys, incorporating an inkwell of glass, the sander missing, the carcass of oak, applied on the underside with a rectangular plaque of brass describing the provenance

Provenance

Anna Pavlona, Queen of the Netherlands and Grand Duchess of Russia
Her daughter, Sophie, Grand Duchess of Saxony
Her daughter, Elizabeth, Duchess zu Mecklenburg
Heinrich XXXIII, Prince Reuss