AN ARTS & CRAFTS ENAMEL PLAQUE MOUNTED COPPER INKWELL (5)

Provenance: The Purple Shop – The Anthony Gardner Collection.
See Bellmans website article for further information: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/the-purple-shop-the-anthony-gardner-collection

Condition report: 

The copper inkwell: silver capped corner mounted and border to the base of the square boxed inkwell. One with an unidentified mark. Tarnished and dirty overall. 

The larger pewter box with oak lined interior. A dent to the hinged planished top, which could be repaired/restored, together with other scratches. Some line  scratches / straight line fissures to the upper left corner of the enamel, see extra images. There is one chipped area or small loss to the enamel on the left side area, near the hull of the  boat, to the waves. There is also a black speck to the right side of the sail, in the sky. The box is stamped with the serial number 0888 and scratched with the initials JD. The box could be Tudric for Liberty & Co. The oak lining the box is damaged at the top edge to right side. Tarnishing and other scratches and scuffs commensurate with use age. 

The roundel: it has not been possible to removed this from the stained black frame. The enamel itself is in relatively good condition. Some scuffs and marks to the frame edges. 

The square plaque with portrait with glue to the reverse and obviously a mount from a larger object. 

Pewter and enamel mounted of a girl side profile is tarnished, dirty and slightly scuffed. 

Generally inevitable scuffs, scratches, dents, small chips and marks commensurate with wear, use and age.