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Lot 294

8 June 2005, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,360 inc. premium

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A Flight and Barr inkstand, three liners and three covers

circa 1800
of serpentine form with a high gilded serpent handle, the upper surface with three large holes containing two inkwells and a pounce pot, and four smaller holes for quills, the front painted with a rectangular panel of a group of shells, corals and seaweed, reserved on a grey marbled ground, 17.5cm wide, incised B marks (one cover a replacement, two with restored knops, some very slight wear to the gilding) (7)

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