Marks Antiques
Mayfair, London
A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT AND MALACHITE INKSTAND
JOHN ELDERSHAW BRUNT
LONDON, 1837
Shaped rectangular stand cast and chased with naturalistic flowers, foliage and bees, fitted with two silver-gilt mounted and lined inkwells, hinged domed covers, foliate scroll handles leading to floral swags, acorn finials
Width 11 in, 28 cmHome
John Eldershaw Brunt
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John Eldershaw Brunt, whose maker's mark has been recorded on only a handful of items, is described in the 1851 and 1861 Census returns as a goldsmith and jeweller. Baptised at St. Andrew, Enfield, on 8 November 1798, he appears to have commenced his business in 1822 at 36 Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London. He later moved to 3 Poland Street, Soho, where his wife, Ellen traded as a pearl stringer.
The naturalistic ornament on the silver-gilt mounts of this inkstand was fashionable during the 1820s, 1830s and early 1840s.