BY THOMAS MESSENGER & SONS, MID-19TH CENTURY

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A pair of English ormolu and bronze ink-stands
By Thomas Messenger & Sons, Mid-19th Century
Each of oval form, the lift-off top surmounted by a recumbent Borzoi, the gadrooned base supported on four lion monopodiae and mounted with four rams' masks, the interior fitted with a pair of inkwells and a further central well, one with concealed stamp beneath the Borzoi MESSENGER PUBLISHED MAR 6TH 1850, one lacking ceramic inkwell liners
10½in. (26.5cm.) wide; 7¼in. (18.4cm.) high; 6in. (15cm.) deep (2)

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Primarily known as makers of lamps, the firm of Thomas Messenger & Sons was established during the first quarter of the 19th Century. They had premises in London and Birmingham and produced catalogues of their works.

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