ID 812212
Lot 46 | A VICTORIAN SILVER TREASURY INKSTAND
Valeur estimée
£ 3 000 – 5 000
101/2 in. (26.7 cm.) wide
78 oz. 16 dwt. (2,452 gr.)
The arms are those of Gladstone quartering Glynne for William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), Liberal Statesman and four term Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
The inscription inside the cover reads:
'VIRO ADMODUM HONORABILI
GULIELMO E. GLADSTONE
DECIMUM A NUPTIIS LUSTRUM FELICITER CLAUDENTI
D.D.VIII KAL. AUG. MDCCCLXXXIX
I. M. CARMICHAEL W. B. GURDON H. SEYMOUR
A. GODLEY E. W. HAMILTON R. E. WELBY
G. LEVESON GOWER S. G. LYTTELTON A. E. WEST
H. W. PRIMROSE
QUI SECRETIORIBUS EIUS CONSILIIS ADMISSI
IDEO SE PRAECIPUE FORTUNATOS AESTIMANT
QUOD REBUS PUBLICIS
TALI AUSPICE MAGISTRO FAUTORE AMICO
ALIQUANTULUM INTERESSE CONTIGERIT'
Which translated reads: 'To the Right Honourable William E. Gladstone on his 50thwedding anniversary (literally: on happily concluding the tenth lustrum from his wedding), 25 July 1889, from I. M. Carmichael [etc.] having been admitted to his more secret deliberations consider themselves especially fortunate that public affairs should so greatly interest such a leader, teacher, patron and friend’.
| Fabricant: | James Garrard |
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| Matériel: | Argent |
| Époque historique: | Période victorienne |
| Lieu d'origine: | Royaume-Uni |
| Catégorie: | Ensemble d'encre |
| Fabricant: | James Garrard |
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| Matériel: | Argent |
| Époque historique: | Période victorienne |
| Lieu d'origine: | Royaume-Uni |
| Catégorie: | Ensemble d'encre |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | |
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| Téléphone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
| Commission | see on Website | |
| Conditions d'utilisation | Conditions d'utilisation |







