ANTIQUE SILVER BLOTTERS
Our antique silver blotters are available for online purchase and within our store in the London Silver Vaults. Just click on any of the silver blotters to get detailed pictures. All of our silver blotters purchased online will be delivered with free transit insurance. You may also be interested in Antique Silver Inkstands.
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Sterling silver rocker blotter made by Deakin & Frances of Birmingham in 1919. Length 11.5 cms (4.5"), width 6 cms (2.25"). |
£245 |
SOLD |
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Sterling silver Art Deco rocker blotter made by William Neale of Birmingham in 1934. Length 14 cms (5.5 inches), width 8 cms (3.25 inches), height including handle 6.5 cms (2.5 inches). |
£275 |
SOLD |
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Sterling silver rocker blotter made by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths of Birmingham in 1923. Length 14 cms, width 7 cms. |
£285 |
SOLD |
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Antique Edwardian sterling silver Rocker Blotter, having a very plain rectangular body with rounded corners, a leather covered rocker base, and a plain round handle that screws in to secure the rocker base and blotting paper to the upper body. Made in Chester in 1906. The dimensions of this fine hand-made antique silver rocker blotter are length 11.5 cms (4.5 inches), height 6.5 cms (2.5 inches), and width 7.5 cms (3 inches). |
£345 |
SOLD |
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Sterling silver hand-made rocker blotter hallmarked for Birmingham in 1922. Length 14 cms. |
£345 |
SOLD |
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Sterling silver and tortoise shell rocker blotter made by Deakin and Francis of Birmingham in 1919. Length 14 cms (5.5 inches), 7 cms (2.75 inches), height 6.5 cms (2.5 inches). |
£395 |
SOLD |
Learn more about antique silver blotters here.
Antique Silver blotters description:
A desk accessory designed to blot/remove excess ink from a page of hand-writing.
Antique Silver blotters history:
The earliest desk blotters were made in the latter part of the Victorian period. They are very rare before 1880, but the vast majority were made in the early part of the 20th century, and they are still being made today.
Antique Silver blotters design:
Most desk blotters were designed very similarly, based on a block of wood having a convex lower surface that holds a piece of blotting paper, which is in turn clamped down by a silver top and handle. This is called a traditional rocker blotter.
Antique Silver blotters collectors note:
The mechanism that holds the blotting paper in place must still be in good working order. There should be a full hallmark on the silver top, and a part mark on the handle. The wooden block, normally oak, should be in good condition. Many 20th century rocker blotters were engine-turned and if there is a dent in the surface it is very difficult to remove.