Description
A large Gothic Revival double inkwell with letter rack attributed to Edward Welby Pugin, dated 1865, rectangular section on claw feet, the base decorated with a frieze of flowerheads, two square section glass inkwells, and four compartment letter rack, the front inscribed to Thomas Stuart Kennedy and dated 1865, unsigned 32cm. wide
Catalogue notes
Thomas Stuart Kennedy commissioned Edward Welby Pugin to design Meanwood Towers, Leeds which was built between 1866-1867. Kennedy was married in Canterbury Cathedral in 1865 and this inkwell may be a wedding present. Kennedy was an engineer and alpinist, the first to conquer Dent Blanche mountain in Switzerland.
Provenance
Roy Davids
