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A GROUP OF 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY OBJECTS COMPRISING:
A Sicilian gilt-brass and coral oval ink-pot, with coral finial: 3? in. (8 cm.) wide
A brass pen knife strop, with a scallop shell handle, the case with foliate decoration, the initials ‘F.A.L’ (presumably for Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry, 1800-1865) and the date ‘Jany 17 1832’: 8 in. (20.3 cm.) long
A antler cigar cutter, mounted with silver oak leaves and acorns, terminating in an open-mouthed boar’s head with red glass eyes: 6¾ in. (17.3 cm.) long
A silver mounted tortoiseshell pill box, with silver coronet and cypher with initials ‘EC’ on lid, 1899 (hallmarked): 2¾ in. (7 cm.) wide
A blue grey agate seal, the agate matrix carved with the Vane-Tempest-Stewart coat-of-arms, gold mount with the family motto, with marquess' coronet above probably for Charles, 7th Marquess of Londonderry (1878-1949): 3½ in. (8.3 cm) high
A double-ended glass desk seal, one end carved with a coronet and double ‘L’ cypher, the other carved with, ‘AMUSEZ VOUS MAIS E M’OUBLIEZ PAS’, a gold snake curled around the middle, with a garnet in its head, and paste eyes: 2? in. (6 cm.) high
A cylindrical engine-turned silver-gilt pill box, the lid with engraved with a coronet and cypher with the initial ‘F’, the base engraved ‘Souvenir d’un ami’, 1812 (hallmarked): 3 in. (7.5 cm.) high
A Sicilian gilt-brass and coral oval ink-pot, with coral finial: 3? in. (8 cm.) wide
A brass pen knife strop, with a scallop shell handle, the case with foliate decoration, the initials ‘F.A.L’ (presumably for Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry, 1800-1865) and the date ‘Jany 17 1832’: 8 in. (20.3 cm.) long
A antler cigar cutter, mounted with silver oak leaves and acorns, terminating in an open-mouthed boar’s head with red glass eyes: 6¾ in. (17.3 cm.) long
A silver mounted tortoiseshell pill box, with silver coronet and cypher with initials ‘EC’ on lid, 1899 (hallmarked): 2¾ in. (7 cm.) wide
A blue grey agate seal, the agate matrix carved with the Vane-Tempest-Stewart coat-of-arms, gold mount with the family motto, with marquess' coronet above probably for Charles, 7th Marquess of Londonderry (1878-1949): 3½ in. (8.3 cm) high
A double-ended glass desk seal, one end carved with a coronet and double ‘L’ cypher, the other carved with, ‘AMUSEZ VOUS MAIS E M’OUBLIEZ PAS’, a gold snake curled around the middle, with a garnet in its head, and paste eyes: 2? in. (6 cm.) high
A cylindrical engine-turned silver-gilt pill box, the lid with engraved with a coronet and cypher with the initial ‘F’, the base engraved ‘Souvenir d’un ami’, 1812 (hallmarked): 3 in. (7.5 cm.) high
Literature
The Inkpot: Wynyard Park inventory, 1886, vol. ii, p. 146, boudoir.
The inkpot: Wynyard Park inventory, 1965, vol. i, p. 11, drawing room.
The inkpot: Wynyard Park inventory, 1965, vol. i, p. 11, drawing room.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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