Lot Essay
The cypher is that of Charles Robert Spencer, Viscount Althorp, later 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922).
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MARK OF HORACE WOODWARD AND CO. LTD., LONDON, 1898
Details
A VICTORIAN SILVER INKSTAND
MARK OF HORACE WOODWARD AND CO. LTD., LONDON, 1898
Oblong on four ball and claw feet, with egg-and-dart border, centre mounted with receivers for two silver-mounted glass bottles flanking a central oval compartment with hinged cover, the latter engraved with an 'A' cypher below a viscount's coronet
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) long
28.8 oz. (895 gm.)
MARK OF HORACE WOODWARD AND CO. LTD., LONDON, 1898
Oblong on four ball and claw feet, with egg-and-dart border, centre mounted with receivers for two silver-mounted glass bottles flanking a central oval compartment with hinged cover, the latter engraved with an 'A' cypher below a viscount's coronet
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) long
28.8 oz. (895 gm.)
Provenance
The Althorp Attic Sale; Christie's, London, 7 July 2010, lot 686.
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