Estimate

15.000 - 20.000

Session 2

16 December 2025

Hammer Price

Description

Rare inkwell from the reign of William IV (1830–1837)
Silver, fineness .925
Asymmetrical, dynamic design with undulating forms evoking the movement of water. The edges are cut in free, flowing curves, and at one end, emerging from the waves and shells, is a figure of a Triton blowing a conch shell, with hair sculpted in motion to suggest wind or the action of the sea
The inkwell has a hinged lid, also shaped like a shell, and rests on three feet decorated in a matching style
London assay mark (1836), maker’s mark of Paul Storr (registered 1813), commercial mark “STORR & MORTIMER,” and numbered “116.”

13x30x27,5 cm
851 g

Additional Information

Provenance:
Sir Nicholas Harington, 14th Bt. (1942–2016), of Ridlington, Co. Rutland
Anonymous sale; Chiswick Auctions, London, 4 April 2017, lot 730; Christie’s Online Auction, February 2022, lot 107; private collection;