A GEORGE IV SILVER AND SILVER-PLATE MOUNTED EBONY INK-STAND
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A GEORGE IV SILVER AND SILVER-PLATE MOUNTED EBONY INK-STAND

THE MOUNTS BY THOMAS DEE AND JOHN FARGUS, CIRCA 1830

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A GEORGE IV SILVER AND SILVER-PLATE MOUNTED EBONY INK-STAND
THE MOUNTS BY THOMAS DEE AND JOHN FARGUS, CIRCA 1830
Of rectangular bombé form with two dished pen-trays and two glass ink-wells beside a rectangular glass-lidded box, the top inlaid with scrolling foliage, above a mahogany-lined drawer, on a moulded plinth with shell-cast foliate bracket feet, the sides with carrying-handles, with feather quill, the moulded border mounts silver, the handles and feet silver-plated
5½ in. (14 cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) wide; 13¾ in. (35 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Thomas Dee is recorded as a 'smallworker' with John Fargus at 8 Sherard Street, Golden Square on 1 May 1830.