Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Antiques and

A Collection of Antiques and Collectibles Including a Dated Edwardian Inkstand, Halcyon Days Enamel Box, and Welsh Folk Art - A collection of miscellaneous antiques and decorative items. The group includes an oak desk inkstand featuring two square-cut faceted glass inkwells and a central brass handle positioned above a metal plaque inscribed ERNEST CARPENTER FREDERICK TERRACE HALEBANK -1909-. A circular enamel trinket box by Halcyon Days for the Bilston and Battersea Enamels range, produced for the St Paul's Cathedral Appeal in 1971 and numbered 117 on the base. A rectangular tortoiseshell-effect box decorated with a relief motif of a hand holding a fan, containing a Gibraltar five pound postage stamp depicting a Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni). Also present is a hand-carved wooden Welsh love spoon featuring heart motifs and a central number 21, retaining a paper tag from The John Arnold Collection. The lot is completed by a metal model flywheel mounted on a circular base, a pair of dark-stained wooden shoe trees, a carved wooden duck figure, a wooden flute, a small wooden pulley block, and a polished green and white agate slice.