Two Shell-Mounted Objects

including an encrier, late 19th century, possibly retailed at Palais Royale, with a cut-glass inkpot top on a vertical mother-of-pearl shell, decorated with a crossed sword and mace, raised above a shell pen nib holder, set with scrolled brass handles and feet, h. 8-1/4", w. 5-1/2", d. 3", together with a Hollywood Regency bronze-mounted shell dish, New York, ca. 1930s-1970s, with a polished shell top mounted on a brass dolphin standard, raised on a reeded platform base, marked on the bottom, h. 4-1/2", w. 8-3/4", d. 5-1/2".

Estimate:£377.86

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