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April 23, 2026: Spring Fine & Decorative Arts - Day Two

Thu, Apr 23, 2026 09:00AM EDT
  2026-04-23 09:00:00 2026-04-23 09:00:00 America/New_York Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates : April 23, 2026: Spring Fine & Decorative Arts - Day Two https://live.jeffreysevans.com/auctions/jeffrey-evans/april-23-2026-spring-fine-decorative-arts---day-two-22585
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  • Silver - British
Lot 1289

GEORGE UNITE & SONS, ENGLISH EDWARDIAN STERLING SILVER INKSTAND

Estimate: $200 - $400
Starting Bid
$100

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

GEORGE UNITE & SONS, ENGLISH EDWARDIAN STERLING SILVER INKSTAND, a boat-form inkstand with two oval holders to center of well, having a gadroon rim and raised on four scroll-accented feet, together with a pair of original panel-cut, colorless glass inkwells having sterling collars and hinged lids with gadroon edges. Each impressed with "GU" maker's mark for George Unite & Sons, though the stand is mostly being worn, and two hallmarks of a lion passant for sterling fineness and an "f" date mark for 1905, stand and one inkwell with anchor city marks for Birmingham. Total weight of inkstand excluding inkwells: 7.005 ozt. Circa 1905. Inkstand 1 1/2" HOA, 10 3/4" x 4 1/2" OA rim; inkwells 2 1/8" HOA.

Condition

Very good overall condition with minor wear, surface scratches having some being more moderate, and nicks; inkwells with glass undamaged having spots of interior residue, one with a very short split along edge of lid, the other with the lid hinge being slightly loose, having a slight bend to edge of lid, and collar with some heavier nicks to back side close to hinge.

Provenance

The collection of Bo and Sandy Rose, Penn Laird, VA.

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