Ink stand
Category
Desktop & office
Date
1837 - 1850
Materials
Ebony, brass and glass
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 20575
Summary
An early Victorian Boulle ebony and brass rectangular inkstand with dense, scrolling patterns in inlaid brass, resting on four round wooden feet. Indented card rest and two inkwell rests, three compartments within a central oblong space and two concave impressions for resting pens. With two square cut-glass inkpots.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.