Details
Realistically modeled as a lobster, the hinged upper shell opening to reveal two inkwells with glass liners, marked on the underside RD 136502
1318 in. (33.3 cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired from Mallett & Son Antiques Ltd., London by Ann and Gordon Getty, 19 December 1979.
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Another example of this model was sold as part of The Collection of Giorgio Marsan and Umberta Nasi, Christie's, London, 12-13 December 2007, lot 105 (part).

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