The first modelled with a winged putto kneeling at a desk, the removable cover enclosing an ink well, the book to the cover engraved ‘Confession/Omnia V….nor’, the dished base of the pen stand engraved twice ‘pour des Pains/a Cacheter’, the pedestal engraved twice ‘Weeks Museum’, on a black slate plinth, with circular ‘A. and M. COLERIDGE COLLECTION’ label, inscribed ‘W/A 35a’; the second with spaniel and floral hinged topped ink pot flanking a ewer on a log on a white marble base, with collection label, inscribed ‘W of A 77’, some losses to mounts
The first: 6⁵⁄₈ in. (17 cm.) wide; the second: 5¹⁄₂ in. (14 cm.) wide

One (black marble base): The late Mary Fry (née Fane), Fulbeck Hall, Lincolnshire; Sotheby's, Olympia, 8 October 2002, lot 74.
Anonymous sale, Chrsitie's, South Kensington, 28 November 2006, lot 552.

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