A silver inkstand modelled as a seventeenth century sugar box

A silver inkstand modelled as a seventeenth century sugar box,

by Alfred Crichton, London 1912,

oval form, embossed foliate decoration, the hinged cover with a snake handle and crest, on four scroll feet, the interior fitted with lift-out oval frame with three hinged covers with two inkwells and a stationary box, engraved with a crest, one liner missing, length 19.5cm, approx. weight 46.9oz.