The Real Wood Furniture Company

Description

French Bronze and Gilded Bronze Inkwell and Candlestand 19th Century

A large and impressive early 19c French bronze and gilt bronze inkwell, the central chased handle with a pair of candle arms terminating in lion masks, 2 tray wells either side of a raised dish with 2 cut glass inkwells supported on a shaped bronze stand decorated with a finely chiselled running gilt bronze border of putti holding a flaming urn, the whole standing on substantial gilded paw feet.

Original patination and in excellent condition with a small split in the brass banding of 1 inkwell.

The Real Wood Furniture(Chris Baylis) has large showrooms in the Cotswolds, specialising in English Windsor chairs, but also stocking an eclectic mix of decorative and fine furniture, objects, garden pieces etc.
Open by appointment.