A gilt-bronze mounted black lacquer and blanc de chine Chinese porcelain encrier probably 19th century together with a gilt-bronze and bronze inkwell, Restauration, circa 1825, the cover with a sleeping cherub enclosing two receptacles for inkpot and sander, cover to former now missing, (9cm high, 10.5cm wide, 6.5cm deep), a gilt-metal-mounted green and gilt chinoiserie lacquered encrier, in 18th century style (21cm. wide), together with another, the inkpot in the form of a neo-classical baluster vase and cover cast with masks and drapery, on a verde antico marble base (9.5cm. x 11cm. x 11cm.) and a group of objects comprising a French embossed and gilt leather tray, 18th century, with the remnants of a trade label, (29cm x 19.5cm), a gilt-embossed leather wallet, 18th century, a Florentine pietra paesina rectangular panel, a desk set with three tortoiseshell letter openers, a horn magnifying glass, an ivory seal, two rulers one in wood, one in bone, another large ivory ruler and a strawwork box (7cm high, 22cm wide, (15.5cm deep) (16) encrier 36.5cm. x 21.5cm; 1ft. 2½in., 8½in.
A gilt-bronze mounted black lacquer and blanc de chine Chinese porcelain encrier probably 19th century together with a gilt-bronze and bronze inkwell, Restauration, circa 1825, the cover with a sleeping cherub enclosing two receptacles for inkpot and sander, cover to former now missing, (9cm high, 10.5cm wide, 6.5cm deep), a gilt-metal-mounted green and gilt chinoiserie lacquered encrier, in 18th century style (21cm. wide), together with another, the inkpot in the form of a neo-classical baluster vase and cover cast with masks and drapery, on a verde antico marble base (9.5cm. x 11cm. x 11cm.) and a group of objects comprising a French embossed and gilt leather tray, 18th century, with the remnants of a trade label, (29cm x 19.5cm), a gilt-embossed leather wallet, 18th century, a Florentine pietra paesina rectangular panel, a desk set with three tortoiseshell letter openers, a horn magnifying glass, an ivory seal, two rulers one in wood, one in bone, another large ivory ruler and a strawwork box (7cm high, 22cm wide, (15.5cm deep) (16) encrier 36.5cm. x 21.5cm; 1ft. 2½in., 8½in.
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