Lot 282
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A VICTORIAN SILVER INKSTAND

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A VICTORIAN SILVER INKSTAND
MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM GIBSON & JOHN LANGMAN APPARENTLY OVERSTRIKING THAT OF HENRY HOLLAND, LONDON, 1896

In the George III taste, of oblong form on four paw feet, the rim applied with a ropetwist band, with two central galleries pierced with strapwork to hold two glass inkpots with silver mounts, with two swiveling scroll candle sockets with molded rims, fully marked, the base stamped GOLDSMITHS' COMPANY, 112 REGENT ST W--10in.(25.5cm.) long
(weighable silver 31oz.10dwt., 991gr.)

Lot Essay

It is fascinating to find the maker's mark of William Gibson and J.L. Langman, the first directors of the Goldsmiths' and Silversmiths' Company, overstriking another. In 1898 the company was converted into a limited liability company. Langman equipped and maintained the Langman Field Hospital during the Boer War and was created a Baronet in 1906.