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• Auction House:
  Cordy's
• Sale Name:
  May 2016 Antique & Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  24 May 2016 ~ 9.30am ( Lots 1 - 573)
  24 May 2016 ~ 5pm (Lots 580 - 1034)
• Lot #:
  246
• Lot Description:
  A rare historical brass inkstand belonging to Capt. Robert Falcon Scott ‘And was with him at the South Pole’
  19thC cast brass with twin hinged lidded pots, decoratively cast with various scrolling designs, the rectangular body with wide curved side handles and conforming front pen receptacle, one white porcelain liner, a portrait bust of mercury in profile to the front cartouche. An old typed note included detailing ‘this inkstand belonged to Capt. Scott and was with him at the South Pole, it was brought back by Mr Pepper, One of Capt. Scott’s crew. Mr Pepper was a member of St. Augustine’s Church, Petone’. Note: Arthur Neville Pepper was a midshipman on the ‘Morning’, Scott’s relief and supply ship in 1902-04, he died in 1958 in Palmerston North Hospital, it is noted that Mr Pepper spent several years at sea before settling in Australia and subsequently moving to Wellington, New Zealand. A photo reprint of the crew of the ‘Morning’ during a picnic at Otarama, 21 November 1902 is included with this lot showing Mr A.N. Pepper. Capt. Scott’s first expedition to Antarctica, The British National
• Estimate:
  NZ$3,000 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Collectables

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