Antique French Ornate Dore Brass Inkwell Stand, Desk Tray, Enamel Portrait bowl Lemonwood is so pretty

Lemonwood is so pretty

1850-70 Napoleon III era

The box itself is quite beautiful

but now is an open backed locket into which you can place your own memento

in very good condition

Antique French Ornate Dore Brass Inkwell Stand, Desk Tray, Enamel Portrait bowl Lemonwood is so prettyA superb old mid 1800s large inkwell and desk tray all in one, this beauty is sure to thrill. It's got an ornamental cartouche which is an inset convex plaque of copper with wonderful kiln fired enamel portrait of a boy and his dog, enjoying the countryside. The scene is right out of the Romantic Era movement of the 1700s which remains popular and is best represented by the paintings by Boucher, Fragonard and others whose vibrant outdoor genre scenes