An Early 19th Century Portuguese Silver Desk Inkstand

Inventory Number: : 130-139

Price: $ 3,500

Height: 5 1/2 inches

Width: 5 7/8 inches

Depth: 2 3/4 inches

Other measurements: 12 oz

DESCRIPTION

Of unusually small proportions, this inkstand comprises two pen holders, one ink well one sander and unusually a table bell above the wafer container. Marked for Joaquim Prudencio Vital Dinis (1812-79) with the Lisbon assay mark for 1822-43.

Lisbon, Portugal

c. 1830