17th Aug, 2022 10:00
Modern Living
426
Victorian silver desk or pen and ink stand
with two glass inkwells and one glass pot with a silver cover for pen, inscribed 'T. C. Mills Esq, From his brother officers of the Goods Conference, on his retiring from the service of London & North Western Railway Company, as a small but inadequate token of their friendship and esteem, August 6th 1861', bearing marks for Robinson, Edkins & Aston, Birmingham, indistinct date mark, 21cm across, 564g approx overall excluding the glass inkwells and liner
Sold for £300
Estimated at £200 - £300
Victorian silver desk or pen and ink stand
with two glass inkwells and one glass pot with a silver cover for pen, inscribed 'T. C. Mills Esq, From his brother officers of the Goods Conference, on his retiring from the service of London & North Western Railway Company, as a small but inadequate token of their friendship and esteem, August 6th 1861', bearing marks for Robinson, Edkins & Aston, Birmingham, indistinct date mark, 21cm across, 564g approx overall excluding the glass inkwells and liner
Overall with signs of marks and wear. The fittings are loose and are not screwed onto the underside of the stand. We do not know if the pink glass liner is original. The date mark on the stand is unclear.
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Auction: Modern Living, 17th Aug, 2022
