A WAS Benson copper and brass seedpod inkwell

A WAS Benson copper and brass seedpod inkwell, model no.553A, fluted copper lily-pad tray supporting seedpod well with hinged cover, unsigned 11.5cm. high, 17.5cm. diam.

Literature

Ian Hamerton (editor) WAS Benson Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design, ACC books,page 255 plate 30 for a comparable example illustrated

Provenance

Private collection.