This collection of desk ornaments including an inscribed ashlar is going under the hammer at Christies in London on April 30. The collection has an estimate of £600-900.
The catalogue description reads:
A COLLECTION OF DESK ORNAMENTS
19TH CENTURY AND LATER
Comprising a cannon ball, a carved marble block with masonic inscriptions and four paper weights, the cannon ball with a circular leather ribbon inscribed 'HAILED AT WITH SHOT & SHELL-GALLANT 60' and 'BALAKLAVA 1854' on the base, the masonic block inscribed 'TEMPLE OF FRIENDSHIP LODGE 4701'
The masonic block: 5 in. (13 cm.) square
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