A GEORGE II SILVER INKSTAND

MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM CRIPPS, LONDON, 1747

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A GEORGE II SILVER INKSTAND
Maker's mark of William Cripps, London, 1747
Shaped oblong on four scroll feet, with gadrooned borders and two baluster pots flanking a central bell, the stand and two pots each engraved with a contemporary crest, the stand also engraved, circa 1780, with a coat-of-arms, marked under each circular well, and each pot and cover
113/8in. (29cm.) long; 48oz. (1499gr.)

Provenance

S.J. Shrubsole, 1965

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Lind, Ryde, Isle of Wight and Lind, Gorgie, Co. Edinburg

A nearly identical inkstand was sold by Christie's, London, November 11, 1964, lot 163

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