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Grey & Co Silver Mounted Inkwell on Stand

Victorian Silver mounted hand-cut crystal glass inkwell upon a silver-mounted tortoiseshell base. The inkwell of globular shape with a silver collar and lid with a central tortoiseshell disc. The inkwell is hallmarked to the neck GY & Co and stands upon a silver-mounted tortoiseshell base with a central silver insert. The base is surrounded by scrolling silverwork and is hallmarked to the edge GY & Co for Grey & Co, London Dated 1907.

Grey & Co were founded in London by William Grey in 1876, they were noted for their novelties in silver and were regular suppliers to Asprey & Co London.

Victorian era, a time in British history between approximately 1820 and 1914, corresponding roughly but not exactly to the period of Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901) 

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