Lot Essay
The inscription reads, 'In remembrance of Charles Elsden Esq. who was suddenly taken from his relatives and friends on the 7th of March 1805, in the 41st year of his age'
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MARK OF SAMUEL & GEORGE WHITFORD, LONDON, 1804
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A GEORGE III SILVER MEMENTO MORI INKSTAND
MARK OF SAMUEL & GEORGE WHITFORD, LONDON, 1804
Oblong with gadroon rim, on four bracket feet terminating in scrolls, complete with three original mounted cut-glass bottles, with a deep pen depression on either side, the base inscribed underneath
10 in. (25.5 cm.) long
weighable silver 28 oz. (869 gr.)
MARK OF SAMUEL & GEORGE WHITFORD, LONDON, 1804
Oblong with gadroon rim, on four bracket feet terminating in scrolls, complete with three original mounted cut-glass bottles, with a deep pen depression on either side, the base inscribed underneath
10 in. (25.5 cm.) long
weighable silver 28 oz. (869 gr.)
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