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A GEORGE IV SILVER INKSTAND
York, maker's mark of James Barber & William Whitwell, 1827
Of shaped oblong form and on foliate-capped lion's paw feet, moulded with two pen rests and fitted with a silver-mounted cut-glass inkwell with matching pounce pot and wafer box with gadrooned covers, the ink stand with applied gadroon, floral and foliate border - 24.5cm wide (812gr free); and a modern dip pen decorated with fluting and swags (5)
York, maker's mark of James Barber & William Whitwell, 1827
Of shaped oblong form and on foliate-capped lion's paw feet, moulded with two pen rests and fitted with a silver-mounted cut-glass inkwell with matching pounce pot and wafer box with gadrooned covers, the ink stand with applied gadroon, floral and foliate border - 24.5cm wide (812gr free); and a modern dip pen decorated with fluting and swags (5)