Art Deco Lacquered Calendar Desk Set, Two Inkwells With Retractable Lids 1930's

Art Deco Unigraph Desktop Weather Station. Featuring a Barometer, Thermometer & Calendar In A Chrome Frame With Black Painted Base Reg. No 843105 Art Deco 'Unigraph' desk weather station...

Elegant Art Deco Silver Plated Desk Inkwell Made in Denmark Ideal For A Central Focal Point For A Desk Or Writing Station. Stamped With 2 towers indicating Danish Silver Plate tha...

Art Deco Egyptian Faux Snakeskin Writing Desk Set, Ashtray & Letter Rack Measurements for the items combined

Original French Art Deco Chrome Table or Desk Lamp Inset With Purple Stained Glass Panels & Boom Arm Pivotable Shade - 1930s Has been Pat Teste...

Rare Luxurious Silver Plated Stag's Head Ink Stand Desk Set Comprising of Pop Up Inkwells Art Nouveau by W W Harrison & Co Sheffield - 1800's Befitting for any desk, Inkwells can be...

Exquisite craftsmanship from the early 19th century a Mahogany writing slope befit with A black velvet interior & A pair of glass inkwells by J J Mechi of No 4, Leadenhall Street, City of London, circa 1830s Would make an ideal gift for the writing enthusiast or London historian. Item has lever action hidden compartment. Has an oval front brass plaque ideal for engraving a message if the item is a gift. Comes with the original heavy metal topped inkwells and notepad, modern quill and stand.Other items are shown for illustrative purposes. Alderman John Joseph Mechi (1802–1880) was a silversmith, banker, inventor and Alderman of the City of London. He experimented with new farming methods on his estate at Tiptree in Essex. Mechi was born in London 22 May 1802, the third son of Giacomo Mechi, a citizen of Bologna, who had settled in England early in life, was naturalised, and obtained a post at Kensington Palace in the household of George III. His mother was Elizabeth, daughter of J. Beyer of Poland Street, London. John at the age of sixteen was placed as a clerk in a house in Walbrook, trading with Newfoundland, a job he had for ten years. In 1828 he set up on his own account as a cutler in a small workshop at 130 Leadenhall Street, from where he removed to No. 4 in the same street in 1830. Between 1830 and 1840 he made his fortune through the 'magic razor strop' which bears his name After the Crimean war and a fashion for beards, sales declined. On 10 November 1840 he took out a patent for 'improvements in apparatus to be applied to lamps in order to carry off heat and the products of consumption'. This was for the external shop-window lamps...

Art Deco desk set with ink wells & calendar. Modernist design with glass base and streamlined metal with black vitrolite glass tops for the ink wells...

An unusual alabaster desk set with a working lamp, inkwell and blotter.

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