20th Jan, 2021 10:30

The Silver Auction

 
  Lot 413
 

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY SILVER DESK SET IN A FITTED CASE

EARLY 20TH CENTURY SILVER DESK SET,
maker Henry Clifford Davis, Birmingham 1909, comprising silver ink well, silver framed miniature desk calendar, pair of silver candlesticks, silver handled letter opener and pen, contained in a fitted case retailed by R.W. Forsyth

 

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Sold for £130
Estimated at £100 - £150


Condition Report

Wear to each piece, tarnishing and discolouration to silver
Some dents and marks to silver (especially to candlesticks, which are slightly misshapen to top)
Hinge to reverse of desk calendar is rusty and quite loose
Blade of letter opener a little worn and rusty
Glass pot within inkwell is broken
Calendar with only two date cards, double sided for Feb, Aug, Apr, Oct.

 
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