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A collection of decorative gilt-metal effect desk accessories and ornaments. The assortment includes a pair of chain-linked oval picture frames with foliate borders, housing printed miniature portraits of a young man and woman in 18th-century attire. A cast bronzed turtle figurine? / clock case? features a textured, segmented shell. A circular tiered desk stand incorporates two pen holders and a central small clock with a white dial and black Arabic numerals. A further small horseshoe-shaped desk clock with a gilt-metal effect case and a white dial is present. A rotating circular desk ornament features a panda and bamboo motif to one side, mounted on a blue cloisonné enamel base decorated with a dragon and phoenix design. The clock dials bear printed marks that are not legible as a name. The top of the pen stand features an impressed circular mark which is not legible.
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