NORTHERN ITALIAN, IN RENAISSANCE STYLE | INKWELL IN THE FORM OF A CRAB

Bronzes from the Robert Mayer Collection, Vienna

NORTHERN ITALIAN, IN RENAISSANCE STYLE

INKWELL IN THE FORM OF A CRAB

bronze, on a velvet covered wood base

together with a Northern Italian bronze Toad, possibly 16th century

Crab: 7 by 18 by 13cm., 2¾ by 7⅛ by 5¼in.

Toad: 6 by 9cm., 2⅜ by 3½in.