THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GEORGE II SHAPED-OBLONG INKSTAND, on four shell and scroll feet and with moulded border, fitted with a detachable cylindrical inkwell with plain glass liner and two detachable pounce pots, one with pierced cover the other with engraved decoration simulating piercing, fitted with a copper lined drawer under the base, John Swift, 1737, the inkwell cover unmarked
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A GEORGE II SHAPED-OBLONG INKSTAND, on four shell and scroll feet and with moulded border, fitted with a detachable cylindrical inkwell with plain glass liner and two detachable pounce pots, one with pierced cover the other with engraved decoration simulating piercing, fitted with a copper lined drawer under the base, John Swift, 1737, the inkwell cover unmarked
12in. (30.4cm.)
(59ozs.)
12in. (30.4cm.)
(59ozs.)
Provenance
Groffry Blackwell Esq. O.B.E.
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