Lot 589: Estimate £60-£80

An early 19th Century Derby drum shaped inkwell with three quill holes, the whole decorated with pink hand painted flowers within gilt laurel leaf borders with a central floral cartouche to the front, all to a dark blue ground, faint printed Crown and D mark, height 3.2cm.

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Diameter 6.4cm. The central inkwell has two firing flaws and several stained lines running into the body. The quill holes have several stained lines which appear in the body. There is rubbing to the gilding.

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