Near the South Wall Desk, mahogany, with hinged slope for writing and drawing in upper part, the stand fitted with a drawer supported on two central legs. Height, 4 ft. Width, 3 ft. End of the XVIIIth century. Lent by the Master of the Charterhouse.
On the Long Table
Vase, "crater" shaped, with two handles. On each side are painted the
arms of the East India Company, with a rose spray below: the
ground is pink, and all mouldings are heavily gilt. Mark
impressed on the base, F B B under a crown (Flight, Barr and
Barr, Worcester, 1813-40).
English, XIXth century.
Lent by Mr. Herbert Allen.
Two "Nanking" Dishes. Oval blue-and-white dishes, forming part of a dinner service, each piece of which bears the crest of the Merchant Taylors' Company, viz.: a lamb, bearing on its shoulder a banner, charged with a cross.
Chinese, XVIIIth century.
Lent by the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors.
On the Desk
The Master's Bell of the Haberdashers' Company. White metal
table-bell, with decorations of an armorial character between two
bands of inscriptions: "LOF GOD VAN AL" and "ME FECIT JOHANNES
A FINE A^O 1549." Johannes A Fine of Malines is well known as a
maker of clochettes, of which some forty are recorded as bearing
his name.
Flemish, XVIth century.
Lent by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers.
