Lot 167
  • 167

A George III silver globe-form inkstand, Joseph Wyatt, London, 1794

Estimate
4,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • 18cm, 7in high
the globe raised on an openwork frame with scroll supports and cone-shaped finial, the four straps terminating in female terms linked by floral swags, wood-lined interior fitted with two cut-glass silver-mounted ink wells and one ponce pot, a silver-mounted pen and pencil

Condition

Lacking an aide-memoire, the cut-glass ponce pot with a repaired crack.
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