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Lot 2218
An Antique American Sterling Silver Standish
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The standish with mark of Howard & Co. of New York, circa 1900, the gallery featuring an ornate cutwork and engraved foliate and floral design, with two quatrefoil glass inkwells with silver collars and domed covers, the inkwells flank a clever stamp compartment with hinged cover and clasp, included in the lot is a sterling silver dip pen (marked) and an unmarked silver dip pen.

2 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 6 in.

25.35 total weighable troy oz.

Collection of Helaine Plaut, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

One inkwell with noticeable chipping to top corner and base, the other with minute chips to central prisms, else in good estate condition.