A GEORGE I SILVER INKSTAND AND A SILVER TAPERSTICK
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A GEORGE I SILVER INKSTAND AND A SILVER TAPERSTICK

THE INKSTAND WITH MARK OF JAMES FRALLION, LONDON, 1723 AND MARK OF ARTHUR DICKEN, LONDON, 1724, ALTERED PIECE; THE TAPERSTICK WITH MARK OF MATTHEW COOPER, LONDON, 1718

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A GEORGE I SILVER INKSTAND AND A SILVER TAPERSTICK
THE INKSTAND WITH MARK OF JAMES FRALLION, LONDON, 1723 AND MARK OF ARTHUR DICKEN, LONDON, 1724, ALTERED PIECE; THE TAPERSTICK WITH MARK OF MATTHEW COOPER, LONDON, 1718
Comprising two pots, a candlestick, a sander and a rectangular tray, the tray with slightly raised molded edge standing on four claw and ball feet feet joined to a winged eagle's head, engraved with a coat-of-arms, each piece marked on base; the taperstick with a baluster stem and a stepped octagonal base, marked on base

The largest 11 ¾ in. (30 cm.) long; 76 oz. approximately
Provenance
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1968 (the inkstand).
Bequest of Mary Strong Shattuck, 1935 (the taperstick).
Literature
Y. Hackenbroch, English and Other Silver: The Collection of Irwin Untermyer, 1969, p. 75, no. 144 (the inkstand).
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This lot is offered without reserve.

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