Live Auction 2209Important Silver and Objects of Vertu Including the Inventory of Marks Antiques of London
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Lot 136 PROPERTY FROM THE INVENTORY OF MARKS ANTIQUES

A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT AND MALACHITE INKSTAND

MARK OF JOHN ELDERSHAW BRUNT, LONDON, 1837

Closed22 October 2009

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A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT AND MALACHITE INKSTAND
MARK OF JOHN ELDERSHAW BRUNT, LONDON, 1837
Shaped rectangular, the malachite stand mounted with naturalistic flowers, foliage and bees, fitted with two silver-gilt mounted and lined inkwells, hinged domed covers, foliate scroll handles and acorn finials, marked on border, inside and on bases of inkwells
11 in. (28 cm.) long

Sotheby's, London, 18 December 2007, lot 156

Specialist note

John Eldershaw Brunt's mark has been recorded on only a handful of items. Another inkstand sold at Christie's, London, 10 June 1981, lot 47.