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I don't know why but I seem to have this urge to snap up desk stands and ink wells even though I don't want to collect them. But I was pleasantly surprised when I went to pick this one up at a local Auction after leaving a commission bid (based entirely on a not very good catalogue photo).

 

Well, it is Victorian, it is a Tunbridge Ware and Rosewood piece,and slightly larger than most I've come across.But what surprised me is the built-in writing slope which I've never come across before.

 

I do actually like the look of the Diamine Bottles in place :wacko:

 

It does need a bit of TLC,but I think this will be a keeper and so I definitely have to sell another one!

 

 

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RMN Museum Piece

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I have some nice inkwells and stands, but this one with the writing slope makes my mouth :puddle: :puddle: .....

 

Good find. Do you wish to tell us what you paid for it?

 

Thanks for showing

 

 

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Oh My! That is drop dead gorgeous! I have always wanted a slope or something like that. Someday...

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Thanks for all the lovely comments, and in response to RMN, 'more than I should have but less than I expected'. It wasn't cheap (the exact same price that I got for selling a 1990s 146 on the same day) and there was apparently a lot of commission interest as well as from the floor. The Auctioneer said that he'd never seen one with an integrated slope before.

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I would be very happy with this one.... (no money for it for some time, so I'll have to stay unhappy....oh well... less than very happy.

 

Enjoy yours

 

 

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:thumbup: :notworthy1: I like the border work.

 

The one I should have bought, I didn't. The other two I've seen in live auctions since were not as classy.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

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i ought wire you cash so you could hunt for me, you would get finder fee and postage would be covered

 

haha

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i ought wire you cash so you could hunt for me, you would get finder fee and postage would be covered

 

haha

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Zack, but pure luck on my part! :)

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What a find, thanks for sharing it with us!

"Life would split asunder without letters." Virginia Woolf

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