Pen stand
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, leather, plastic and wood
Measurements
6.75 ins (w)4.375 ins (d)0.75 ins (h)
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Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1275101
Summary
A heavy wood and metal pen stand covered in crocodile(?) skin with gilt decoration, and fitted with two black bakelite (?) pen holders mounted on two gilt swivel joints. With groove at front for pen rest, and oval central depression.
Provenance
Bequest of George Bernard Shaw, 1950