Lot Essay
The crest and motto is that of Harrison of Rutland
Details
A VICTORIAN BOULLE DESK-SET
COMPRISING AN INKSTAND, A BLOTTER AND A LETTER-CASE
Each inlaid overall with brass foliate scrolls, the blotter and case engraved with a crest of an ostrich and the motto DEO NON FORTUNA, the inkstand lacking wells, the inkstand: 14¼in. (35.5cm.) wide; and A CAST-IRON DOOR-KNOCKER, with a fist holding a laurel loop centred by a lion-mask
the door-knocker 6in. (15cm.) high (4)
COMPRISING AN INKSTAND, A BLOTTER AND A LETTER-CASE
Each inlaid overall with brass foliate scrolls, the blotter and case engraved with a crest of an ostrich and the motto DEO NON FORTUNA, the inkstand lacking wells, the inkstand: 14¼in. (35.5cm.) wide; and A CAST-IRON DOOR-KNOCKER, with a fist holding a laurel loop centred by a lion-mask
the door-knocker 6in. (15cm.) high (4)