Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection

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TWO REGENCY BRASS INLAID EBONY VENEERED INKSTANDS, CIRCA 1820

Auction Closed

December 11, 04:05 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 GBP

Lot Details

Description

TWO REGENCY BRASS INLAID EBONY VENEERED INKSTANDS, CIRCA 1820


the larger with a printed paper trade label for 'Lawrence, late Elvey, London', the smaller attributed to George Bullock and with a glass inkwell

larger: 17cm. high, 33cm wide, 26.5cm. deep; 6¾in., 1ft 1in., 10¼in.

Inventory, 1949, 'A brass Regency inkstand and pentray, 11” wide' in the Bow Bedroom

There are no fewer than four Bullock designs relating to the smaller inkstand recorded in The Wilkinson Tracings, a set of over 200 sheets of designs for furniture and marquetry described on the cover page as "Tracings by Thomas Wilkinson, from the designs of the late Mr George Bullock 1820" and now in the City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.