A Victorian silver and cut-glass figural inkstand, John Hunt & Robert Roskell, London, 1851
A Victorian silver and cut-glass figural inkstand, John Hunt & Robert Roskell, London, 1851
in the form of a putto with lyre on a rocky base flanked by silver-capped cut-glass inkwells, all mounted on a wood base
marked throughout, the base of inkstand stamped 5803 / Hunt & Roskell / Late Storr Mortimer & Hunt, the bottle caps marked for Hunt & Roskell but with dates for 1854 and 1862
24 oz excluding wood & glass
746 g
length 10 3/4 in.
27.4 cm
Condition Report:
Lyre with strings dented, glass bottles with a few minor chips throughout. some wear to wood base particularly at edges. Otherwise in good condition, nicely sculptural.
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A Victorian silver and cut-glass figural inkstand, John Hunt & Robert Roskell, London, 1851
in the form of a putto with lyre on a rocky base flanked by silver-capped cut-glass inkwells, all mounted on a wood base
marked throughout, the base of inkstand stamped 5803 / Hunt & Roskell / Late Storr Mortimer & Hunt, the bottle caps marked for Hunt & Roskell but with dates for 1854 and 1862
24 oz excluding wood & glass
746 g
length 10 3/4 in.
27.4 cm
Condition Report:
Lyre with strings dented, glass bottles with a few minor chips throughout. some wear to wood base particularly at edges. Otherwise in good condition, nicely sculptural.
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