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MarkRSalt

MarkRSalt

England

Hi, I started buying and selling silver as a bit of a hobby a few years ago with the simple philosophy that if I like something and find it interesting, surely someo (Read more)

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Set of Sampson Mordan Napkin Rings with Name Place Cards - Silver

London 1836 SM.GR Silver Topped Bottle Sampson Mordan & Gabriel Riddle - Silver

Sampson Mordan Fish - Silver

Sampson Mordan Travelling Inkwell, patented anti-spill design. - Office

Sampson Mordan Patented Box - Silver

Heath & Middleton silver topped snuff bottle possibly Dr Christopher Dresser design - Silver

Table inkwell on wooden drip tray, silver top by Sampson Mordan - Silver

Sampson Mordan fish shaped vesta and whistle - Silver

Sampson Mordan Porcupine Dip Pen - Pens

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Sampson Mordan silver novelty pen wipe - Silver

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That's interesting to know, yours sounds very much like a hat pin stand (is it a padded felt bottom?). I have always thought the piece could be used as either a pen wipe or hat pin stand.
I was thinking it was a lid for a jar to start with, but the inside is unfinished and shows the method of attaching the fish (the same method as the animals attached to the menu holders). This leads ...

Yeah, the early version. Prior to that he had a range from Felix the Cat

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