Interesting and substantial 19th Century French Empire style ormolu gilt bronze and marble figural encrier or inkwell. Superb central winged goddess of victory seated on a classical style klismos chair leaning over a burning altar. The nude figure flanked on either side by cut glass and ormolu inkwells with two stands for a quill. Sitting on a stepped Siena marble base with a marbre vert block set on four ormolu paw feet. Unusual example. Quill included. French, late 19th Century.Based in London, we are dealers in fine decorative antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries. We specialise in this era of enlightenment, neoclassicism and the Grand Tour, with its far reaching influence on style and taste in Britain, Continental Europe and beyond: elegance in the age of Napoleon. Our extensive stock covers all aspects of this period and decorative antiques influenced by the period. We constantly source new, beautiful items and upload to our site regularly. We are first and foremost an...