Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 1 and Day 2 - 16th July 2013

Lot 1253

A silver inkstand modelled as a seventeenth century sugar box

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500

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Description

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.