Banking interest: two silver-gilt pen trays

by Tessiers Ltd, London 1960 / 1967, Britannia standard (2)
Banking interest: two silver-gilt pen trays
by Tessiers Ltd, London 1960 / 1967, Britannia standard
One engraved with the Lloyd's crest, and the underside with 'In 1666 Samuel Pepys, the diarist, records his visits to Humphrey Stokes, the goldsmith at the Black Horse in Lombard Street, where he kept his gold coins. The sign of the Black Horse still hangs in Lombard Street over the entrance to Lloyds Bank', length 25cm, weight 22oz. (2)