A GEORGE III SILVER TWO-BOTTLE INKSTAND

A GEORGE III SILVER TWO-BOTTLE INKSTAND
MARK OF THOMAS BLADGEN & CO., SHEFFIELD, 1816
The cover of the mounted glass bottle engraved with crest of Raglan; together with a shaped rectangular two-bottle inkstand by Hunt & Roskell, London, 1922, with presentation inscription To/Fitz Roy John Somerset./from his Godmother Maud Douro./January 1928; and a third shaped square example by Thomas Bradbury & Sons, Sheffield, 1927, with inscription PRESENTED TO/The Dowager Lady Raglan/(Chairman of Womens Branch)/SOUTH ISLINGTON CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION/FROM HER FRIENDS/1925-1929, with a single mounted glass inkwell, the cover engraved with crest of Raglan
The first 8¾ in. (22.3 cm.) long
42.1 oz. (1,309 gm.) (3)

One given to Fitzroy Somerset, later 5th Baron Raglan, by the Marchioness of Douro (d. 1946), in 1928.