A rare 18th century Dutch silver inkstand

A rare 18th century Dutch silver inkstand,

by Lambrecht Van Der Woord, Vlissingen, 1785,

shaped oblong form, with a central inkwell with a later hinged cover and a sander, (lacking finial), and a pot and cover, with a snuffer's stand (lacking scissor trimmers), and a taper stick, with a scroll support for an armorial beneath a Marquess' coronet, the base with a pierced apron, on four scroll feet, length 23.3cm, approx. weight 34oz.

The pair to this inkstand was sold at Christie's, Centuries of Style, King Street, 10th June 2010, lot 15.

Provenance: Lieutenant-General John Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane, FRS (1762-1834), and thence by family descent to the present owner.