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French Boy Sitting

Categories Figural - Persons
Type Boy
Material Silverplate
Manufacturer Undetermined
Origin France
Date or Era circa 1890
Measuring 10 ½” x 6” x 5 ½” high

Silver-plated double inkstand features a young man wearing a large chapeau, dressed in hunting garb. Fashioned in an ornate Baroque style, the inkwells are decorated with lions. The lids have pineapple finials. In front is a pen holder.

Estimated value: $175

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