Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 12th April - 12th April 2022

Lot 351

A silver inkstand modelled as a seventeenth century sugar box

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £600

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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.