Lot 116
Victorian Electrotype Silver Elephant Head Inkstand, designed by Pierre-Emile Jeannest, Elkington & Co., Birmingham, 1854
Lot 116 Details
Victorian Electrotype Silver Elephant Head Inkstand, designed by Pierre-Emile Jeannest, Elkington & Co., Birmingham, 1854
length 14.8" — 37.5 cm.
33.7 oz. — 1049 grams
stamped PUBD BY ELKINGTON MASON & CO 1853, E JEANNEST fecit
Estimate $2,500-$3,500
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Literature:
John Culme, in Nineteenth Century Silver, pp.118-19, writes of Jeannest as follows: “The French man, Pierre-Emile Jeannest, who had also designed for Mintons of Stoke on Trent, was one of Elkington’s brightest artists. He was born in Paris, the son of a sculptor, and received training under Delaroche.”
CONDITION DETAILS
Good marks on elephant, base and liners; one silver mount on glass fitting missing; various chips to both glass ink pots; repairs to screws attaching elephant head to base; Inscription on front panel reads “presented by the Temple Street Freehold Land & Building Societies to William Scholefield Esqr, M.P. as a grateful acknowledgment for the invaluable services he has rendered them. Birmingham May 28th, 1855”