Inkstand
Category
Desktop & office
Date
1865
Materials
Glass, Silver
Measurements
Width 235mm
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 454515.2
Summary
Stand; Inkstand - Victorian shell-shaped silver inkstand engraved with honeysuckle and scrolls; with glass inkwell (no cover). Phillips presentation. Inscribed - Sheffield 1865.
Provenance
Indigenous collection purchased by Ministry of works in 1956 and given to Dyrham Park in 1961.
Marks and inscriptions
Top: Inscribed: Presented to Martin Philips by the congregation of St Luke's Parish Church....... as Treasurer for the fund for rebuilding the Church April 14 1866. Base: Makers mark: Martin Hall & Co Ltd and Sheffield 1865