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Period: Mid-19th Century
Italian Brass Land-Surveyor Instrument Made in 1860 with its Original Walnut Box
Located in Milan, IT
Land-surveyor squaring, measuring instrument made of brass, Italian manufacture, from the second half of the 19th century, complete with original walnut box. It is a topographic inst...
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Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Continental 1830 Porcelain Hand Painted Inkwell
Located in Stamford, CT
Continental 1830 Porcelain hand painted five sided brass lip inkwell, inkpot. This is a very nice piece from a private collector who traveled th...
Category
European Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Mid 18th Century Micromosaic Plaque
Located in London, GB
A fine quality mid 19th century oval Micro-mosaic Plaque depicting St Peter’s Square Rome, enclosed in unusual black slate marble frame decorated with shells, scrolls & wolves.
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Presentation Railway Carriage / Centerpiece
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian sterling silver presentation railway carriage/centrepiece, with Northern English interest; an addition to our transportation related silverware collection.
This exceptional and unusual, antique Victorian English cast sterling silver presentation centrepiece has been realistically modelled in the form of a railway carriage.
The body of this antique silver...
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British Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Figured Walnut Free Standing Desk Set
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian figured walnut free standing desk set with the original pair of glass inkwells and pen tray sitting on a lovey quality figured mahogany writing box with a moulded e...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Victorian Sterling Silver Gilt Posy Holder
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver posy holder; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
T...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Set of Two Scottish Banded Agate Table Seals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jewels for your desk or table.......A Pair of antique semi-precious Scottish banded agate wax seals for sealing letters. They are hand carved in natural s...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate
Pair of Antique Baccarat Blue Opaline Cornucopia Vases on Plinths
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of antique baccarat blue opaline cornucopia shaped vases on blue opaline crystal plinths. Each vase is hand-faceted and handcut with ...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
19th Century Gilt Bronze French Inkwell
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Beautiful mid-19th century gilt bronze French inkwell. Measures: 6 1/2' wide by 4" deep by 4 3/4" tall.
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique Ceremonial Axe, Chinese, Jade, Decorative Tool, Shang Dynasty Taste
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique ceremonial axe. A Chinese, mottled caramel jade decorative tool redolent of the Shang Dynasty, dating to the mid-19th century, circa 1...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Other
French Pair of Bronze Cachets Depicting a Bagpipe Player and a Drummer
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century French pair of cachets made of bronze depicting two figures one of a bagpipe player and one of a drummer. Ready to be engraved and could become a perfect gift!
France, ...
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Pair of Bronze Cachets Depicting Female Figures
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century French pair of cachets made of bronze depicting two figures of beautiful female. Already engraved "CH" and "LD" and could become a perfect gift!
France, circa 1870.
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
19th century Biedermeier Walnut Root Slant Top Letter Box Inlaid Bird Motif
Located in Savannah, GA
Large size slant top 19th century Biedermeier veneered walnut root letter box with inlaid bird and vine motif. Beautiful exotic woods with inlay and eb...
Category
Swedish Biedermeier Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Bronze Inkwell of a Sleeping Putto
Located in Paris, FR
Small bronze inkwell dating from the first part of the 19th century. The lid of the inkwell represents a bed on which a putto is dozing. The whole rests on a rectangular base decorat...
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Unusual Mid 19th Century Bronze & Ormolu Inkwell in the Form of Well-Cast Coc
Located in London, GB
An unusual mid 19th Century bronze & ormolu Inkwell in the form of well-cast Cockerel with lifting head, spurs and flamboyant tail feathers, raised on moulded socle.
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Paper Mache Lacquered Hand Painted Letter Stand
Located in Suffolk, GB
Victorian lacquered paper mâché hand painted letter stand with pretty painted blossom decorated and gilt highlights on a black lacquer background.
Perf...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Early and Fine Musical Automaton Necessaire with Reverse Painted Glass
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century musical automaton necessaire box. This rare box of good size, when opened, the music plays automatically, or by activating a sw...
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Rosewood
Historical American Civil War Era Wire Frame Magnifying Eye Glass Spectacles
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A delicate pair of handmade magnifying wire rim eye glasses from the American Civil War era, circa 1860.
A great looking historical conversation p...
Category
American American Classical Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
19th Century French Bronze and Marble Ink Well
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A rare totally original French 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze and marble ink well with griotte and green marble marble inlay.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Louis XV1 Style Malachite and Gilt Bronze Pen Tray
Located in Montreal, QC
This luxurious encrier de bureau is raised on scrolling and leafy feet mounting a malachite-finished base. The tray itself is modelled as a shell rising to a spring-loaded pen holder...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Brass, Walnut and Ebonized Double Inkwell Set
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
English Victorian inkwell set. This walnut set has been accented with an ebony color and an overall brass decoration,
mid-late 10th century.
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
English "Grand Tour" Derbyshire Specimen Marble Plaque Paperweights, circa 1850
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A collection of three 'Grand Tour' English / Italian polychrome marble plaques or paperweights, one rectangular; two of cartouche form, the 'Derbyshire' or 'Belgian Black' marble slabs inset with native English stones 'Blue John' (Derbyshire Spar), 'Duke's Red', 'Bird's-Eye', and foreign Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, and Jasper in 'ovoid' and 'kidney' form inlays.
Measurements :
Rectangular plaque: 8" by 4.63" by .88"
Cartouche plaque...
Category
English Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Silver Desk Writing Set, Platerías Martínez, Madrid, Spain, 1845
Located in Madrid, ES
Scribe with three inkwells. Silver. Real Martínez silver factory, Madrid, 1845.
With contrast marks.
Notary of silver in its color composed of a rectangular tray with raised and op...
Category
Spanish Neoclassical Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
French Empire Style Ormolu Mounted Marble Desk Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning French ormolu mounted Empire style marble desk stand dating from the 19th century. This stylish stand is of rectangular shape with rounded polished ends and is made from a...
Category
French Empire Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Saint Louis Encased Overlay Upright Bouquet
By Saint Louis
Located in Steyning, West sussex
Saint Louis encased overlay upright bouquet.
Category
French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Antique Victorian English Sterling Silver Meat Skewers / Letter Openers
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, large pair of antique Victorian English sterling silver letter openers/meat skewers; an addition to our Victorian silv...
Category
Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
3-Piece Sevres Porcelain and Dore Bronze Mnt. Clock and Candelabra Garniture
Located in New York, NY
A gorgeous and very unusual 19th century French dore bronze mounted Sevres white porcelain three-piece clock and three-light candelabra garniture set. The Lyre shaped clock and cande...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
19th Century British Tunbridge Ware Lap Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely gorgeous and extremely unique and rare 19th Century British Tunbridge ware lap desk.
This lap desk is unlike any of it’s kind we have seen before.
From cir...
Category
English High Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Maple, Walnut, Satinwood, Ebony, Wood
19th Century Gilt Bronze Mirrored Plateau
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century gilt bronze mirrored plateau is a marvel of the Napoleon III period, and reflects the opulence of the age with elaborate and intricate embossing in a variety of nature-i...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique English Burr Walnut & Hand Painted Porcelain Stationery Box, circa 1850
Located in Bath, GB
A quite wonderful and romantic stationery box, ready to grace the finest of desk-tops.
Made from burr walnut the wedge shaped box is smothered in fine quality polished brass mount...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Neo-Greek Inkwell by C.G. Diehl, E. Frémiet and J. Brandely, France, Circa 1867
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed Diehl à Paris.
Wood and silvered copper inkwell. Central drawer ornamented with an escutcheon and flanked by two small lateral drawers forming two containers, surmounted by a lid representing a nestling. Central niche ornamented with a winged creature. Inkwell flanked by two felines. Toped by a penholder representing a Moorish head resting on an eagle claw.
This exceptional piece was realized thanks to the collaboration of ornemanist J. Brandely, sculptor E. Frémiet and cabinet-maker C.-G. Diehl. The motif of the fantasy creature dear to Diehl, is to be seen on the famous cabinet made by him in 1867 and now exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Inv. 1989.197).
Arriving in Paris in about 1840 Charles-Guillaume Diehl (1811-1885) founded his cabinet making and decoration firm at 19 rue Michel-le-Comte in 1885. His workshops produced elegant little pieces of furniture in rosewood and thuja and novelties with bronze and porcelain embellishments (see “Les ébénistes du XIXème siècle”, D. Ledoux-Lebard, Ed. de l’amateur, 1982, p.164). It was his luxury boxes, however (liqueur cellarettes, cigar cabinets, games boxes, cashmere cases, jewelry cases) which assured Diehl’s renown (see “l’Art en France sous le Second Empire”, Exposition Grand-Palais, Paris, 1979, p.133). Already rewarded with a bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 in Paris, he exhibited a jardinière with china columns and a liqueur cabinet at the Industrial Arts Exhibition in 1861.
In collaboration with the designer Jean Brandely (active from 1867 until 1873), Diehl renovated his decorative repertory and created astonishing pieces of furniture in the Grecian style which had a dazzling success at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1867, where his cabinets also won a silver medal. Certain motifs were so typical of Diehl’s work that they received extensive commentary by the art critic J. Mesnard in his book “Les Merveilles de l’Exposition Universal de 1867” (vol. II, pp. 133 & 149). He writes of a table of which “the pendant bearing hooks and the fan shaped radiating motif which ornaments the entablature are engraved with love” (p. 133) and a jewelry case where “The head in fine Grecian style makes up the essential part of the fine gilt bronze ornamentation” (p. 149).
For this Universal Exhibition Diehl also formed a partnership with two famous sculptors: Emile Guillemin (1841-1907) who carved the relief for a mahogany sideboard with galvanic gilt bronzes (Orsay Museum, Paris, Inv. O.A.O. 992) and Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910) who executed the low relief for a cedar medal cabinet...
Category
French Greek Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
English Concentric Paperweight Possible Bacchus, circa 1850
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning English concentric glass paperweight with five rows of cog style canes surrounding a central larger cane. The canes are of vari...
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
American Brass Miniature Carriage Clock with Beveled Glass, New York. C. 1850
By James Mix
Located in Hollywood, SC
American brass miniature carriage clock with beveled glass, carrying handle , and signed enamel over copper face with dial. Clock consists of time, strike,...
Category
American American Classical Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Enamel, Copper, Brass
Leuchars & Sons Brass Inlaid Boulle Inkstand with Spiral Crystal Inkwell
Located in valatie, NY
19th century English Leuchars & Sons brass inlaid boulle inkstand with spiral crystal inkwell, circa 1850. The inlaid base has cameos of cupids framed ...
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Fine English Letter / Postal Scale in Malachite by Sampson Mordan, circa 1860
Located in Bath, GB
A very fine and rare antique English desk or letter scale, the base covered in stunning green Malachite.
The gilded brass or bronze fittings are all hand engraved and the two pans...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Ottoman Brass Inkwell and Pen Case Qalamdan
Located in Stamford, CT
Exceptional Turkish etched brass Qalamdan, a traveling scribe's inkwell and pen case. The beautiful dome topped inkwell is rare, it is attached by chain to th...
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Turkish Islamic Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Mid-19th Century English Brass "Curse" Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Vintage mid-19th century English brass curse box. Originally used to pay a coin when you cursed. Fun and interesting conversation piece.
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
19th Century Spanish Bronze and Mother of Pearl Watch Stand Topped with a Parrot
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century Spanish bronze and mother of pearl watch stand topped with a parrot.
Category
Spanish Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Grand French Three-Piece Desk Set, Hand Painted Porcelain Inset, circa 1860
Located in Bath, GB
Wonderful to find a top-notch, highly decorative and most unusual desk set, French in origin dating to around 1860. Made from nutty coloured burl Walnut, all three pieces are mounted with the most wonderful polished brass mounts all inset with fabulous hand painted porcelain plaques.
Our restorer had to remove all the mounts to professionally clean and on doing so found the name of the figure depicted on the plaques, "Ninon De Lenclos" a French Author, Courtesan, Freethinker and Patron of the Arts.
The set is made up of a Stationery box with brass swing handles each side; the box complete with a working tasselled key. The box opens to reveal the wonderful original gilded leather lining with the original paper lining the sides of the dividers. The lock and hinges are beautifully engraved, a true sign of quality.
The next piece is a hefty large oval Walnut Inkstand with a large glass inkwell...
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French Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Small Gilt Bronze Compote, French, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
Small gilt bronze compote, French, circa 1860.
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Flora and Fauna Inkstone, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Scholarly pursuits such as painting, calligraphy, and poetry were a highly respected and revered subculture in ancient China, and demanded their own set of tools that were not only f...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Aneroid Desk Barometer by C W Dixey
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An aneroid desk barometer by C W Dixey, the 4inch silvered dial with blued indicator and gilt recorder needles divided to 32 millibars, with curved bar Fahre...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Ebony
Early Victorian Carved Bone Cane Handle On Ebony Base
Located in Copenhagen, K
Early Victorian carved cane handle, covered in a variety of bas relief flowers, leaves, a lion head, and on opposite side, an angel.
Category
English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bone, Ebony
Antique Capodimonte-Type Hand Painted Bas Relief Hinged Box
By Capodimonte
Located in Charleston, SC
Rare antique Capodimonte type hand decorated hinged box with gorgeous original gilt interior and bas relief decoration on all sides including the b...
Category
Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Fine French Cartonnier, 19th Century, Attributed to Paul Sormani, circa 1865
By Paul Sormani
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fine French Cartonnier, 19th century,
attributed to Paul Sormani Paris, circa 1865, bois de Violette, satine quarter-veneer and six gilt-tooled brow...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
19th Century Bookstand
Located in High Point, NC
19th century bookstand from England made from rosewood. The handles are hand-turned along with the spindles, which terminate on the ends with lovely lyre inspired shaped pieces. The ...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Rosewood
Chinese Horse and Full Moon Inkstone, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Scholarly pursuits such as painting, calligraphy, and poetry were a highly respected and revered subculture in ancient China, and demanded their own set of tools that were not only functional, but also beautiful. Scholars relied on inkstones such as this one to mix their dry inks with water for use in calligraphy painting. This stone inkstone is covered in intricate carvings of crashing waves, surrounding the image of a horse bearing a saddle. Covered in scales, the horse is likely a longma, or "dragon horse...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
French Charles X Large Marble and Gilded Bronze Ink Well and Candle Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
This French carved marble and gilded bronze inkwell and candlestand, circa 1830 is carved from sienna marble. The large block is set with a tray well in front and then the cast bronze sarcophagus shaped inkwell is set up on animal paw feet. Cast with 4 holes to rest the quills or pens two wells for ink and a candlestand in the center. The bronze is well cast and has the more expensive attribute of matte and burnished elements giving an extra rich quality to the objects visual drama.
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French Charles X Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
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Marble, Bronze
Yorkshire Prattware Mexborough Chapel Moneybox
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Staffordshire Pottery Yorkshire money box which features Mexborough Chapel - with the box owners name, 'MIRIAM WINN', printed on the front. Flanked by two figures standing either sid...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Pottery
Gilt Bronze Desk Set
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine English gilt bronze serpentine desk set with bell, sander, inkpot and candleholders.
Category
English Queen Anne Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Reclining Ho Ho Boy Charm Weight, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th century weight originally used its heft domestically to protect a child. A simple yet ingenious concept, the stone anchored the baby’s swaddling cloth to the bed so the chi...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
English 19th Century W. Leuchars Silver Gilt Two-Sided Cut Glass Scent Bottle
Located in Charleston, SC
Rare and fine antique English W. Leuchars silver gilt (vermeil) and cut-glass scent bottle
Maker: W. Leuchars
38 Piccadilly London
The double sided scent bottle one side is for ...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Vermeil
Paperweight in Belgian Marble with Micromosaic Representing the Forum Romanum
Located in Roma, IT
Paperweight in Belgian marble with micromosaic representing the Forum Romanum.
Roman manufacture half of 18th century.
The micro mosaic is realized with woven enamels and represent...
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Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
Napoleon III Baccarat Crystal Glass and Gilt Bronze Inkwell of Impressive Size
Located in London, GB
A quite stunning French cut crystal inkwell of substantial size, with extremely elegantly worked neoclassical mounts, intricate scrolling filigree and very finely detailed sphinx's a...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Early Victorian Boulle-Work and Ebony Inkstand after George Bullock
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine early Victorian Boulle-work and ebony inkstand after George Bullock, of circular form with an overall design of tortoiseshell camellias against pewter leaves on a brass ground...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Inkstand of Neopolitan Fisherman
Located in London, GB
A good Italian Grand Tour model of a Neopolitan fisherman at his work. In ormolu and patinated bronze the oval base is naturalistically decorated with rocks and seaweed which the fis...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Bronze Louis Philippe Period Inkwell and Bell Set, circa 1840
Located in Atlanta, GA
The shaped and footed platform or stand with a central carrying handle and three fitted sections housing two inkwells and a sandwell all with removable lids, extending outward from the stand is a hook with a servant bell.
Category
French Louis Philippe Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
French Bronze Match Strike in the Form of an Old Soldier as a Water Seller
Located in London, GB
A very well cast and interesting French patinated bronze match strike. It is in the form of a water seller, in the uniform of an old Republican soldier, sitting on a bench. He is seen wearing a tricorn hat with a cockade to the brim, mutton chop whiskers, with a water cistern on his back and the cistern lid at his feet. In his hand and on straps are the water cups and in his belt a pair of pistols...
Category
French Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
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