An extensive Edwardian 5-piece silver mounted tortoiseshell desk set by J.C. Vickery

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£5800

An extensive Edwardian 5-piece silver mounted tortoiseshell desk set by J.C. Vickery , comprising a stationery box, a pen tray with inkwell, a blotter with photo frame, a barometer and an 8-day clock set into a velvet lined case, all of rectangular form apart from the curved, hinged cover of the stationery box and the serpentine rectangular base with an outswept back of the pen tray, the three largest items applied with four entwined initials in silver, all with applied wavy silver edging, the red silk lined box stamped in gilt J.C. Vickery, 179,181,183 Regent St. W. Locks stamped ‘ H C L, Sec

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An extensive Edwardian 5-piece silver mounted tortoiseshell desk set by J.C. Vickery

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