Lot Essay
The crest on the pen-tray is that of Coke as borne by the Earls of Leicester.
THE PEN-TRAY WITH MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL WATTON SMITH & CO., LONDON, 1905
Details
A silver pen-tray and a quantity of white-metal and plated items
The pen-tray with maker's mark of Samuel Watton Smith & Co., London, 1905
The oblong pen-tray with incurved angles and reeded border, engraved with a crest, marked on reverse, and a compressed spherical plated three piece tea-service, a tapering three-piece coffee service, two white-metal beakers and a plated example
the pen tray 9¼in. (23.8cm.) long
4ozs. (153grs.) (11)
The pen-tray with maker's mark of Samuel Watton Smith & Co., London, 1905
The oblong pen-tray with incurved angles and reeded border, engraved with a crest, marked on reverse, and a compressed spherical plated three piece tea-service, a tapering three-piece coffee service, two white-metal beakers and a plated example
the pen tray 9¼in. (23.8cm.) long
4ozs. (153grs.) (11)
Provenance
Major The Hon. Sir John Spencer Coke, K.C.V.O. (d.1957)
Thence by descent
Thence by descent