A silver-mounted glass and onyx desk set, V. Gordon, St Petersburg, 1908-1917

comprising a double ink stand with two inkwells, a blotter, a pen rest, a notepad holder, two candlesticks, a stamp holder, a matchbox holder, match dispenser and ash tray, each piece formed of an onyx base with silver mounts chased with leaftip borders, the cover of the notepad holder applied with a silver bear, struck with maker's mark and workmaster's initials SP in Cyrillic, 84 standard, later Soviet control marks

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length of inkwell stand 40.2cm; 15 3/4 in., and smaller