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MAKER'S MARK OF EDWARD, EDWARD, JOHN AND WILLIAM BARNARD, LONDON, 1839
Details
A William IV silver-gilt inkstand
Maker's mark of Edward, Edward, John and William Barnard, London, 1839
Shaped oblong on four scroll supports, with applied openwork border chased with scrolls and acanthus leaves, the centre with two detachable bottle holders, the glass bottles with hinged silver-gilt chased cover, with central detachable casket-shaped stamp box chased with acanthus leaves and scrolls, engraved twice with two coats-of-arms accoll with earl's coronet above, the detachable cover with taperstick finial, fully marked
14in. (35.5cm.) long
57ozs. (1,779gr.)
Maker's mark of Edward, Edward, John and William Barnard, London, 1839
Shaped oblong on four scroll supports, with applied openwork border chased with scrolls and acanthus leaves, the centre with two detachable bottle holders, the glass bottles with hinged silver-gilt chased cover, with central detachable casket-shaped stamp box chased with acanthus leaves and scrolls, engraved twice with two coats-of-arms accoll with earl's coronet above, the detachable cover with taperstick finial, fully marked
14in. (35.5cm.) long
57ozs. (1,779gr.)
Provenance
Christie's London, 15 May 1968, lot 20
Literature
M. Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, Oxford, 1985, p. 262, illustrated