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Two Ink Wells & Pocket Watch Holder

From our Silver collection, we are pleased to offer this Art Deco Silver Desk Stand. The Ink Desk Stand cast in Sterling Silver and raised upon four ball and claw feet is shaped into a rectangle with two pen tray slots, two lidded ink wells and a central pocket watch holder. The set beautifully made with stepped borders hallmarked in various locations Sterling Silver, Birmingham by John Grinsell & Sons and dated 1924. The Desk Set contains a sterling silver pocket watch which can be removed from the holder with an enamel dial containing a second subsidiary dial with black Roman numerals. The pocket watch hinges up to access a small storage area beneath. The pocket watch has undergone a full component breakdown and service. (Stand includes Silver pocketwatch)

John Grinsell & Sons was Originally established in Birmingham in 1864 as Grinsell & Bourne. When the partnership was dissolved in 1871 John Grinsell started a new business with his four sons (Thomas Bywater Grinsell, James Erazmus Grinsell, Lorenzo Grinsell and Joseph Charles Grinsell) known as John Grinsell & Sons. The company operated out of Victoria Works, 57 Tower Street St. George’s, Birmingham and they had showrooms in London and Glasgow. In 1905 the firm was changed to John Grinsell & Sons Ltd and was eventually purchased by Barker Ellis & Co Ltd.

Art Deco was a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design that first appeared in France in the 1910s. It flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s. It was hugely prevalent through styling and design of the exterior and interior of anything from large structures to small objects and even influenced fashion and jewellery. Art Deco has influenced bridges, buildings, ships, ocean liners, trains, cars, trucks, buses, furniture, and everyday objects like radios and vacuum cleaners. It has become extremely popular today and is highly desirable to collectors and trendsetters in the fashion industry.

Sterling Silver is an alloy composed by weight of 92.5% silver and 7.5% other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum millesimal fineness (parts per thousand) of 925.

Measurements (Inches) 3.94 x 11.42 x 7.87

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