Coalport inkstand

A very good and complete early Victorian Coalport inkstand with elaborate double scrolled handles, the raised and pierced galleries enclosing an integral pen tray, a leaf moulded taperstick and  two removable inkwells and covers, each cover with an encrusted flower and leaf finial. The bright apple green ground tastefully painted with a daffodil, a rose and other spring flowers within a gilt scrolled cartouche.

Date: Circa 1840

Width: 12  1/2 inches  (31.5 cm)

Condition: Overall quite lovely with only a small firing 'spit' and a small old repair to the rim of one cover.

Item No. 1985

Price: £425