SIX ITEMS OF 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY TREEN, comprising a...

Hammer

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SIX ITEMS OF 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY TREEN, comprising an Edwardian oak desk stand with silver plated mounts, the top with loop carry handle and pen rest, lacks ink wells, fitted with a locking drawer to the base, width 35cm x depth 24.5cm, a Sorrento tea caddy of shaped square form, in need of restoration, height 12.5cm x width 11cm, a whip with dog's head handle with a bell on its collar, on a hazel shaft, length excluding leather whip 50cm and three wooden kitchen? moulds, two stamped to the sides 'ASHMEAD 10 DUKE S' and 'ASHMEAD 10 DUKE ST GROSVENOR SQUARE' (George Benjamin Ashmead was first listed as a taxidermist at 10 Duke Street, Grosvenor Square in 1830, in 1866 they moved to 32 Bishopsgate), largest 23cm x 5.5cm, shortest 20.3cm x 7.8cm (6) (Condition Report: the desk stand lacks inkwells and has lifting to one inkwell frame where the screw is missing, the tea caddy has losses to the moulding and inlay, the whip has a chipped ear, worn ear tips and nose, the hazel shaft is likely to be a replacement, the three moulds are in reasonable condition, commensurate with age and use, two have holes in the back, the oak leaf and acorn mould has a small split)