Lot 970

Description

Eley-Kynoch desk blotter, a rare embossed brass topped timber desk blotter with the brass top decorated with two shotgun cartridge profiles, the first an Eley "ALPHAMAX" Heavy Load Cartridge Long Range, and the second an Eley Grand Prix Cartridge Eley Loaded, also in relief at one end, 'Eley-Kynoch/Cartridges/Always Reliable', and at the opposite end, 'Eley-Kynoch/Cartridges/The Worlds Best', the top of the handle is marked in relief, '12 Eley-Kynoch 12', on the handle and at both ends of the top is the ICI company symbol. Attached blotting paper torn, otherwise rare and very fine.

Note: One sold at Antony Cribb Ltd Auction in England (lot 247) on 14 April 2015 for £1,050.

Eley-Kynoch was a manufacturer of shotgun cartridges and other munitions and was a division of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd (ICI).