Pen stand
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal and baize
Measurements
5 ins (l)4.375 ins (d)1 in (h)
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Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1274958
Summary
Pen holder? A heavy alloy casting, the large flat face (top?) having a curved groove lengthways and a small central depression, probably where a pen holder was originally attached. Surface gilded, curved face (base?) covered in green baize.
Provenance
Bequest of George Bernard Shaw, 1950