Fine William IV Silver Mounted Travelling Inkwell Made by Archibald Douglas

A Very Rare & Unusual George III Armorial Travelling Inkwell Made in London in 1819 by William Price. The Inkwell is of a large size and broad rectangul...

Exeter. A Very Rare William IV Wine Funnel Made in Exeter in 1833 by Isaac Parkin. The Wine Funnel is of typical form and the bowl is baluster in shape, with a gadrooned rim and sid...

A Very Fine William IV Wine Label Made in London in 1835 by Reilly & Storer. The Wine Label is broad rectangular in form, with an unusual rasied central domed section and raised eye...

A Very Fine William IV Flatware Set Made in London in 1837 by John and Henry Lias. With regard to the knives, the set has twelve silver handled knives, six for bread/starters and si...

These interesting inkwells were crafted in Britain between the Victorian period and early to mid-20th century. The works have been created from horse hooves, applied with sterling silver mounts. Each hoof has been set onto a silver horseshoe and features a silver top and lid. Two of the tops have been engraved to imitate real horse hair, while the third is more simple, with banded ornament. All three have been given covers, two of which feature commemorative inscriptions. One lid states, ‘The Grey/1907-1917’ — presumably the name of the favourite racehorse, whose hoof this is — and another reads, ‘Mavourneen/ Died June 29th / Aged 53’. ‘Mavourneen’ is an Irish Gaelic word meaning ‘my beloved’. The dedicatee’s age of 53 implies that they were a human, perhaps a jokey, or racehorse owner. The lids open up onto a silver-lined interior, intended to be used for storing ink as part of a desk arrangement. The inkwells are stamped, on their underside, with silver hallmarks and maker’s marks, ‘J.T.’ and ‘C & CS’. This set of three horse hoof inkwells...

Very finely made likely by Gillow. Using finely figured rosewood. The drawer finely constructed including a key. Unusual form transitioning from the classical Regency to Victorian.

A William IV plum-pudding mahogany cellaret of sarcophagus form with a hinged lid, surmounted by an apple and grape finial, the interior with fitted bottle compartments.

A William IV Policeman’s truncheon A great piece of social history, the baton has a shaped handle, the lower part is ebonised and the upper part has a blue background with the cro...