A fine extensive Napoleon III champlevé enamel and gilt bronze desk garniture circa 1870/80

comprising: a sculptural inkwell with putti, a pair of putto candlesticks, a pair of small flower vases, a pair of small boxes, a small round tray, a paper knife and a table bell, all finely cast, chiselled, gilt and decorated with enamel floral pattern; together with a similar tazza with falconer medallion; a chamber candlestick with putto; a flat chamber candlestick with onyx bottom, and a pair of vases with onyx body; inv. nos. PLV113, PLV801, PLV802, 4-1121, 4-2280, 4-599 (15)

Paleis Lange Voorhout, Paleis Soestdijk

Good condition, some staining, gilding with minor rubbing and/or oxidation, attractive lot.
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