Resource: "To Horatio, from Emma, with Love"

[joyful_molly]

You know what it’s like: you visit an antiques fair, see a piece of silver and say to your husband: “How pretty! And it’s only 15’000 quid! Let’s buy it, Reginald!” Happens every day. Or on the Antiques Roadshow.

Well, looking at the piece of silver in question, I can understand the buyers, because it’s truly lovely and should make the

Comments

[sarlania]

Wow that is a really gorgeous ink stand. I do hope it is genuine. But even if it isn't, it is still something worth having (though, perhaps not the 15,000 pounds they brought it for!). ♥

[eglantine_br]

I choose to believe it was them. How many other couples with those two same names would have picked out a sea-themed ink stand?

I love the dolphin feet especially.

[fiona2001]

That's a gorgeous little ornament! And I think you're right about Nelson and Emma, surely that's just the thing a man would want from his lady!

[rum_inspector]

Gorgeous!

[aletheiafelinea]

And the figurine as Emma's portrait? ;)
I'm a bit surprised there's a taper stick but no pen holder. Or maybe the ink globe was supposed as the pen holder also? And the figurine's base looks suspiciously box-like, maybe it was also some container?