Desk tray
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
glass & brass
Measurements
190 mm (H); 460 mm (W)
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 289620
Summary
Rectangular brass desk tray with a long concave pen tray either side of a double dolphin handle; cornucopiae, from which the dolphins emerge, tied in a knot in the centre. Either side are square cut glass-ink wells with round tops and hinged metal mounts. A small central tray has the brass figure of an eagle clutching a snake on its lid. On four cast scrolled foliate feet.