A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT INKSTAND
Lot 238 PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 236-240)

A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT INKSTAND

MARK OF RICHARD SIBLEY LONDON, 1831, RETAILED BY MAKEPEACE, LONDON

Closed31 January 2018

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A WILLIAM IV SILVER-GILT INKSTAND
MARK OF RICHARD SIBLEY LONDON, 1831, RETAILED BY MAKEPEACE, LONDON
The serpentine tray cast with shells and engraved with an inscription, with two containers and a central box, fully marked, the base and box each further stamped 'MAKEPEACE LONDON'
10 ¼ in. (16 cm.) wide
27 oz. 3 dwt. (844 gr.)
The inscription reads 'Lady Williams Wynn. to Mary Milnes Gaskell. / May 16. 1832'

Given to Mary Milnes Gaskell (d. 1869) daughter of Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn M.P. (1775-1850), by her aunt Lady Williams-Wynn on the occasion of her marriage to James Milnes Gaskell (1810-1873).