LOUIS XVI STYLE INKWELL In chased and gilded bronze, each side adorned with porcelain plates in the Sèvres style, with polychrome decor and flowers in gold cartouches on a green background. H.: 13 cm (5 in.) l.: 31 cm (12 ¼ in.) P.: 20,5 cm (8 in.) Provenance : Former Château du Marais collection; Artcurial Paris sale September 21, 2022, lot 271. Comparative bibliography : S. Eriksen, Early Neoclassicism in France, Faber, 1974, pl. 235. P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Furniture, Vol. II, London, 1996, Vol. II, p.1044-1045. A Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted and porcelain inkstand This inkwell is inspired by a Louis XVI model in the Wallace Collection, London (inv. F286).

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