Ink stand
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, leather and cotton
Measurements
25 x 172 x 172 mm
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1552538
Summary
Coaster. A brown leather-covered Hermes ink stand coaster, with square depression and sloping sides. White stitching around edge and edge of depression.
Provenance
Part of the collection on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museum and Galleries. In March 2012 the National Trust took over the management of Tredegar House with its contents and its 90 acres of gardens and parkland, from Newport City Council for a period of 50 years.
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of base: HERMES / PARIS