George III Sterling Silver Ink Stand, London 1777, Provenance Bourdon-Smith
A George III sterling silver ink stand, Burrage davenport, London, 1777, two ink pots and a pounce pot, each faceted and cut glass wth a silver cap and resting within a latticed gallery on the oval tray with conforming gallery, on ball and claw feet, the caps and galleries with beaded edges throughout, 2.95 in. high, 7.09 in. wide, 4.72 in. deep, 334g total silver weight. Provenance: J. H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd, London
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- Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
- George Iii - George III (1738 - 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820.
- Pounce - Pounce is a finely ground powder made from a mixture of salt, sand, talc, pumice and soapstone. It was used in the era before the invention of blotting paper and was sprinkled over wet ink to speed up the drying process. It was commonly stored in a pounce pot, a container similar to a salt shaker, but with a concave top to allow the unused pounce to be returned to the container. The containers were made wood, silver or ceramic, and were sometimes a component of an inkstand.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- ink stands - silver items 130
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ink wells / ink stands, material
- glass objects 229
- silver items 303
- ink wells / ink stands, period or age - George III / Georgian 27
- pounce pots - desk accessories 12
