Antique French Ornate Dore Brass Inkwell Stand, Desk Tray, Enamel Portrait bowl both for safety reasons and

both for safety reasons and to keep them from being removed from the household for sure

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

which sometimes darkens a great deal over the centuries as the varnishes used go dark

Thanks and enjoy

Antique French Ornate Dore Brass Inkwell Stand, Desk Tray, Enamel Portrait bowl both for safety reasons andA 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