A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND ENAMEL INKWELL
MARK OF EDWARD STOCKWELL, LONDON, 1877, RETAILED BY H. LEWIS AND CO.
Realistically modelled as the helmet of an officer of the Life Guards, the front applied with a band of acorn and oak leaves centring an enamelled badge, all below the Royal crown, the hinged cover opens to reveal the silver-mounted ink-bottle, all on an ebonised wood stand, marked on side, cover and on silver-mounts, the mounts further engraved 'H. Lewis & Co., 172 New Bond Street W.'
7¾ in. (29.7 cm.) high including stand
A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND ENAMEL INKWELL
MARK OF EDWARD STOCKWELL, LONDON, 1877, RETAILED BY H. LEWIS AND CO.
Realistically modelled as the helmet of an officer of the Life Guards, the front applied with a band of acorn and oak leaves centring an enamelled badge, all below the Royal crown, the hinged cover opens to reveal the silver-mounted ink-bottle, all on an ebonised wood stand, marked on side, cover and on silver-mounts, the mounts further engraved 'H. Lewis & Co., 172 New Bond Street W.'
7¾ in. (29.7 cm.) high including stand
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