Silver & Objects of Vertu - 23rd January 2019

Lot 923

A Victorian silver inkstand

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £600

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Description

A Victorian silver inkstand,

by The Barnards, London 1852, also stamped 531,

shaped oval form, engraved scroll decoration and with foliate scroll handles, the centre with an oval box, the cover mounted with a seated cherub reading a book and holding a foliate taper stick capital, the inkwell modelled as a two-handled urn with a pull-out flame finial, length 29.8cm, approx. weight 21.3oz.