Description.
Comprising a dwarf candleholder, a quill holder and an integral inkwell. The well with gilded mask terminals and standing on four paw feet.. Scrolled gilded handles. Painted and gilded in swirling patterns of stylised foliage, executed in red, purple, green and gilt. Derby crown and batons over 'D' mark. c.1815-20.

Condition.
Some pattern wear, star cracks to both ends of one penholder and a restored crack to the other penholder, but no other apparent defects. All these defects are almost invisible, except on close inspection.

Dimensions.
29.5cm in length.


Please note that we do not offer combined postage. The cost and time involved in wrapping and obtaining wrapping materials is considerable.

Please see our other items. We have a wide variety of different items for sale.

We use recycled packaging. It may not look pretty, but it reduces our environmental footprint.

If the postage policy specifies that postage is included, we will send by tracked postage, rather than tracked and signed. If you wish for the latter, please let us know. There will be an additional charge which we will notify to you.

When we send by tracked alone the item will be at your risk from the point that we can prove, by means of showing a delivery confirmation, that it was delivered to your premises. Until that point, the item will be at our risk.

We are prepared to deliver all over the world, except (for obvious reasons, given the Russian state's  unprovoked acts of aggression in Ukraine) to Russia.

We aim to ensure that our descriptions are absolutely accurate. Nevertheless, antique porcelain is never perfect. We use high definition photography with the aim of making the condition of any item extremely clear. Defects which are obvious in the photography we use are deemed to have been declared, even if we do not specifically refer to them in the description. 

Restoration is sometimes extremely difficult to detect. We use UV light and transmitted light to check whether restoration has occurred. Sometimes, even those methodologies do not reveal restoration. If you are able, notwithstanding the definition, to show that restoration of a significant nature has occurred, we would obviously allow cancellation of the sale in such circumstances.

We do not generally point out crazing, and do not regard it as a defect worth mentioning in pieces of the age we sell, unless it is not completely noticeable in photographs and is both extensive and undiscoloured. If you have concerns as to whether a piece is crazed, please ask us.