23rd Mar, 2023 11:00 EDT
The Legacy of Merrywood: The Estate of Alan I and Dianne Kay
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An assorted group of sterling silver, silverplated, and sterling-silver mounted faux tortoiseshell desk items
Various makers, various dates ranging late 19th century - 1930
Comprising a Victorian sterling silver inkwell with pierced gallery and scrolled feet, by Walter, Michael, and John Barnard with Robert Dubock, London, 1897, with two sterling silver-mounted cut glass ink bottles, all marked; a silver letter opener and quill pen, marked; a silver-plated Rococo style inkwell with two cut glass bottles, marked; and a sterling silver-mounted faux tortoiseshell paper knife, The Usher Manufacturing Co., Birmingham, 1930, marked.
H: 4 in. W: 11 in. D: 7 1/2 in. (sterling silver inkwell), Weight: 28.105 oz. t. (sterling silver inkwell base only)
Provenance
Collection of Alan I. and Dianne Kay, Bethesda, Maryland.
The Estate of Alan I. and Dianne Kay, Bethesda, Maryland.
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500
Comprising a Victorian sterling silver inkwell with pierced gallery and scrolled feet, by Walter, Michael, and John Barnard with Robert Dubock, London, 1897, with two sterling silver-mounted cut glass ink bottles, all marked; a silver letter opener and quill pen, marked; a silver-plated Rococo style inkwell with two cut glass bottles, marked; and a sterling silver-mounted faux tortoiseshell paper knife, The Usher Manufacturing Co., Birmingham, 1930, marked.
Provenance
Collection of Alan I. and Dianne Kay, Bethesda, Maryland.
The Estate of Alan I. and Dianne Kay, Bethesda, Maryland.
