Inkstand
Category
Desktop & office
Date
1811 - 1820
Materials
Amboyna, Gilt bronze, Wood
Measurements
21 x 62.2 x 20.5 cm
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Uppark House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 137678
Summary
A Regency amboyna and ebonised inkstand, the plateau with drawers, pen receptacles and compartments, centred by a gilt bronze urn-shaped sand container, flanked by twin sphinxes and twin urn shaped ink wells with rams' head handles. (1872 veneer missing in numerous places. 1973 to 74 repaired by Hay-Will (Aruncraft)).