Object Description
A silver and cut-glass desk set comprising a rectangular ebonised pen tray with silver mounts inscribed ‘Asprey & Sons, 166 New Bond Street London’ with a central cut glass inkwell. The hinged silver lid of the inkwell is embossed with three upright feathers and incised ‘The Ward Room Mess, Royal Yacht Osborne, Captain H Rose RN, RV November 1883’ Full assay stamps for Asprey, London, 1883.
Height overall: 4in (10cm) Width 12¼ in (31cm) Depth: 9½in (24cm)