Lot Essay
Cf. Gaye Blake Roberts, Mason's, The First Two Hundred Years (London, 1996), p. 56, pl. 35, for an inkstand of a similar form.
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CIRCA 1820-25
Details
A Mason's Ironstone inkstand
Circa 1820-25
Of double shell-moulded form, with richly-gilt branch handle and tree-stump pen holders, on rockwork base, painted and gilt with sprays of wild flowers (lacking lids, with minute chip and hairline to one shell)
3½ in. (9 cm.) high
Circa 1820-25
Of double shell-moulded form, with richly-gilt branch handle and tree-stump pen holders, on rockwork base, painted and gilt with sprays of wild flowers (lacking lids, with minute chip and hairline to one shell)
3½ in. (9 cm.) high
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