A VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED GLASS COMBINATION INKWELL AND STAMP BOX

A VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED GLASS COMBINATION INKWELL AND STAMP BOX
MARK OF HENRY WILLIAM DEE, LONDON, 1878, RETAILED BY NICHOLLS & PLINCKE OF ST. PETERSBURG
The cover modelled as a pile of three books, the top book opening to reveal a twin-compartment stamp box, the central book holding a cylindrical mounted glass well, the cube-shaped glass body with cut corners, engraved monogram to cover of stamp box
5½ in. high (14 cm.)