comprising:
a Victorian gilt-brass mounted, scarlet tortoiseshell and stained ivory ink stand, late 19th century, with glass ink bottles; a Victorian engraved brass and ebonised wood book slide, circa 1900, each curved with a pierced panel depicting Venus; a Victorian gilt-brass mounted hardstone inlaid coromandel book slide, late 19th century, by Betjemens and stamped as such ;a set of Victorian gilt-brass and hardstone inlaid postal scales, circa 1860, lacking weights
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Crewe House, London, Inventory, Vol. 2, 1913, p.140, in the Stewards Room; Set of brass letter scales and 5 weights on oblong black marble base, inlaid flowers. 8";
West Horsley Place, Surrey, Inventory, 1938, Vol. 1, p.6, in the Morning Room; A 14” tortoiseshell and brass Buhl Inkstand with inkwells and pen trough, on ormolu feet.

Losses to boulle inlay. Lifting to brass and some losses and lifting to brass as to be expected. The hardstone inlay with losses. Brass elements tarnished. Would benefit from a clean according to taste.
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