Description
French gilt brass mounted porcelain ladies inkwell. Item 4451.This French gilt brass mounted porcelain ladies inkwell has been decorated with a hand painted pattern of swags of flowers enclosing a diaper pattern on a yellow ground. The lid has a central rose bud with leaves surrounded by a ring of hand painted flowers. It stands 87 mm (3.5 inches high) and has a diameter at the top of 62 mm (2.5 inches). There is a little damage to the applied rose, a leaf missing and a crack to the base of the glass liner. C 1900.