Inkwell lid
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Onyx, Ormolu, Serpentine
Measurements
178 mm (Height); 200 mm (Diameter)
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 883704.2
Summary
Lid for an elaborate inkwell consisting of a brass sphere mounted on three dolphins of ormulu resting on a circular Serpentine (onyx?) base. A small ormulu dophin knop. Removable ink top lid, well missing. The hinge is broken.
Provenance
a gift of The Hon. Victor Agar-Robartes, 8th Viscount Clifden, see the March 1972 inventory.