A brass three well desk inkwell and pen-stand designed by Charles Francis Annesley Voysey

A brass three well desk inkwell and pen-stand designed by Charles Francis Annesley Voysey, probably manufactured by Thomas Elsley Ltd, tapering rectangular form with three hinged, domed covers, with circular wells, with two applied pen-holders with riveted heart-shaped terminals, unmarked, 38cm long, 15.5cm. wide

Literature

Karen Livingstone with Max Donnelly and Linda Parry, C.F.A Voysey Arts and Crafts Designer, V&A Publishing, page 247 figure 314 for a comparable triple inkwell with heart motif (but no pen rests) from the General Manager's desk at Essex & Suffolk Equitable Insurance Society, circa 1906.