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 Near the South Wall, 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

, "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.

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: "" and "." 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.