A George II sterling silver ink stand, Edward Aldridge I, London, 1751, two ink pots and a pounce pot of compressed baluster shape resting on the rectangular tray with gadrooned edge on lion's paw feet, 6 cm high (with pots in place), 23.5 cm wide, 15 cm deep, 718g. Provenance: N. & I. Franklin, London, 2000