MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1875

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A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT INKSTAND
MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1875
In the Jacobean style, shell shaped and on three shell feet, with fluted borders, the scallop shell cover chased with matting and a dolphin, the interior with glass inkwell and plain cover, marked on side and covers
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) long
14 oz. (438 gr.)

Provenance

With Garrard's, 19 May 1988.

Special Notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

This inkstand takes the form of the spice boxes found from the late 16th to early 17th centuries. The interior of such boxes were usually divided into two compartments sometimes accompanied by a small spoon, which originally fitted into the smaller compartment (P. Glanville, Silver in Tudor and Early Stuart England, London, 1990, pp. 366-367, fig. 219.)

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