ATTRIBUÉ À ALEXIS DECAIX (1778-1811)

ATTRIBUÉ À ALEXIS DECAIX (1778-1811)



ATTRIBUTED TO ALEXIS DECAIX (1778-1811)



Inkwell in finely chiselled gilt bronze



and speckled mahogany. Decorated with a woman



kneeling and draped in an antique style holding



two horns of plenty with vine branches



from which two cups



The rectangular base girdled with gilded brass plates



opens with a drawer adorned



with a lion's whelp. Four ball feet



flattened with gadroons.



London, first quarter of the 19th century,



Georgian period





H. 24| L. 32| P. 19.8 cm



Veneer restorations





PROVENANCE



Collection H. Blairman and Sons, London|



acquired by Horace Wood Brock, New York|



donated by Horace Wood Brock to the Museum àf Fine



Arts, Boston, in 2011. Boston, Museum of Fine



Arts (inv. 2010.1039)



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