A very rare piece of Newlyn silver will go under the hammer today at Campbell's Auction House in Worthing, Sussex. The piece is expected to make somewhere in the region of £4,000-£6,000. What no one knows is how the piece came to be in private hands for many years when it was clearly made to commemorate the opening of the new Institute, in its current position, back in 1911.
With more notice, it may have been possible to organise the piece to be bought back for the Mission in Newlyn.
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Tuesday 22 September 2009
Lot 498 - A rare Newlyn silver inkwell at auction today
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