A German silver presentation inkstand,



the silver mount modelled as a swooping gull, wings outstretched, and perched atop a rocky outcrop on scroll base, supporting scallop shell pen rest, set between two square section cut-glass inkwells, the reverse stamped with German crescent and crown marks, numbered ‘143026’, raised on rectangular oak base with canted corners, applied to the front with engraved plaque reading:

‘Presented to the “Union” on her fiftieth anniversary by Bleichröder & C Hamburg July 1913’,

height 39cm, base dimensions 40 x 24.5cm.





£3,000-£4,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Private Collection of Trophies.

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Collection

Christie’s, sale The Royal & Sun Alliance Collection, 19 May 2005, Lot 451.