£900
A Grand Tour marble inkwell in the form of Scipio's tomb - in carved Sienna marble, the removable lid inscribed 'Cornelivs C. N. F. Scipio' and the scrolled ends finely carved with lappets, the interior with three recesses for ink and nibs, the base similarly inscribed, beneath a dentil cornice over a floral rosette and fluted pilaster frieze, on a moulded plinth to a separate veined black marble base, (LWH 20 x 6 x 12.6 cm), the lid repaired.
* Condition: The lid has been broken into two pieces and has an old glued and filled repair, which has been well executed. Both the lid and base have a few small chips plus a number of frits and tiny nibbles to the edges and raised detail. There is a curved crack in the stone to the upper back left of the base. The black marble base is later and there is old glue residue to the underside of the base from either baize or attachment to an earlier base.
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