Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
The Legacy of Merrywood: The Estate of Alan I and Dianne Kay
Auction: March 23, 2023 11:00 AM EDT
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.