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Presentation Inkstand to Reverend

Categories Presentation Piece
Type Traveling
Material Silverplate
Markings inscribed
Manufacturer Undetermined
Origin England
Date or Era 1901
Measuring 12 ¼” x 8” x 3 ½” high

Silverplated double traveling desk set with handle with ball feet. The inside of the lid for the center storage compartment is inscribed:  “The Right Reverend William Croswell Doane, from, Rupert Cochrane King, June 6th 1901.”

Note: the inkwells have what appear to be handmade cork stopper lids. These may have been added at some point.

Estimated value: $250

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