A GEORGIAN STERLING SILVER GILT INK-STAND The stand, John King, London, 1771; the mounts, Edward Farrell, London, 1825 The elliptical foliate stand on scrolling feet mounted with a pen rest modelled as a figure kneeling on a tortoise and supporting a clam shell flanked by an ink pot in the form of an apple and sand pot and bell in the form of a pear 18cm high, 30cm wide, 31cm deep, 2,216g PROVENANCE: The Estate of the late Hylton Grimmer