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GWR Stoneware Inkwell
| Categories | Ceramics/Porcelain non-Figural |
| Type | Transportation |
| Material | Stoneware |
| Markings | GWR |
| Manufacturer | Undetermined |
| Origin | England |
| Date or Era | circa 1870 |
| Measuring | 4 ¾” diameter |
GWR (Great Western Railway) salt glaze stoneware “landmine” inkwell.
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838 with the initial route completed between London and Bristol in 1841.
Sold for $71 in December 2023; Sold for $56 in April 2024
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