A REGENCY SILVER-GILT INKSTAND

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ID 992598
Lot 37 | A REGENCY SILVER-GILT INKSTAND
A REGENCY SILVER-GILT INKSTAND

MARK OF HENRY CORNMAN, LONDON, 1814

Formed as a Roman cistern on four acanthus leaf-capped scroll, anthemion and lion's paw feet, applied with two lion's masks and four drop-ring handles, fitted with three detachable silver-gilt mounted inkpots, the detachable covers with foliage borders and bud finials, the side engraved with Greek inscription, on a black slate stand, marked on body and pot mounts

71/2 in. (10.5 cm.) long; the stand 101/2 in. (27 cm.) long

29 oz. 16 dwt. (928 gr.) weighable silver

The inscription reads: 'ΤΟΥΤ’ ΕΠΑΝΕΡΧΟΜΕΝΩ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΟΙ ΦΙΛΟΜΟΥΣΟI ΓΑΝΔΕΙΩ ΦΙΛΙΑΣ ΜΝΗΜΑ ΤΈΧΝΗΣ ΤΕ ΧΑΡΙΝ' which translates as 'With this vessel returning to Greece, the lovers of the arts [dedicate] a monument to friendship and love of Art'.





Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 and 24 October 1985, lot 451.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 July 1997, lot 75.



Literature

H. Young, Philip Cornman: a biographical note, The Silver Society Journal, no. 8, Autumn 1996, p. 484.



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