Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 27th April 2021

Lot 1552

A George III silver inkwell

Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £300

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Description

A George III silver inkwell,

by Samuel Herbert & Co, London 1765,

rectangular form, the gallery pierced with chevron decoration, gadroon borders, with a silver-mounted glass inkwell and sander, engraved with an armorial within foliate mantling, on four claw and ball feet, length 16.2cm, approx. weighable 7oz.

The armorial is that of Mills impaling another.