Antique French Ornate Dore Brass Inkwell Stand, Desk Tray, Enamel Portrait bowl so that soldiers could carry

so that soldiers could carry them easily and write their correspondence from the battlefield

1850-70 Napoleon III era

There is a bit of cloudiness to the inside of the decanters

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

of what is expected of her in retaining her virtue

Antique French Ornate Dore Brass Inkwell Stand, Desk Tray, Enamel Portrait bowl so that soldiers could carryA 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