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3pcs- Ink, 9.5x6"/ Pen tray, 10x3"/ blotter, 5.5x2.5". Pen tray marked WT&S, with their early mark, the other pieces unmarked. Either late 18th century, or early 19th. All brass, baroquely decorated, excellent condition, inkwell still has original glass insert.
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(WT&S)
Manufacturer of architectural hardware, art metalware, campaign metalware, ecclesiastical metalwork and an early fabricator of decorative patterned tubes. The Tonks family surname is the lists of Birmingham brassfounders before the 1800s. William Tonks founded this firm in 1789 (or 1794?). They won gold medals at the 1851 and 1862 Exhibitions in London and in 1855 at Paris The larger factory in Moseley Street was opened in the early 1860s and most items now found will date from after this time. |
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