A VICTORIAN SILVER INKSTAND
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A VICTORIAN SILVER INKSTAND

MARK OF D. AND J. WELLBY, LONDON, 1900

Closed15 September 2011

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A VICTORIAN SILVER INKSTAND
MARK OF D. AND J. WELLBY, LONDON, 1900
Shaped oblong on pad feet, fitted with silver-mounted glass bottles and candlestick, with associated pen, engraved with the Pearson crest, the bottles each engraved with initial 'C' below viscount's coronet and dated 19th July 1939, marked on base, candlestick, inside covers and on pen
9½ in. (24 cm.) long
weighable silver 25 oz. (787 gr.)
The initial and coronet is that of Cowdray for Weetman John Churchill Spencer, 3rd Viscount Cowdray (1910-1995).

A gift to Weetman John Churchill Pearson, later 3rd Viscount Cowdray to celebrate his marriage on 19 July 1939 to Lady Anne Pamela Bridgeman, daughter of 5th Earl of Bradford.