Jan, Mrinal
Good Friday, as per the diary cutting to describe the inkwell, did not fall on 30 March between 1956 and 2018. I suggest the description was written for the item when it was sent to auction in 2020.
Mike Kipling
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Subject: Re: Rudyard Kipling inkwell stand
Dear Mrinal,
I don't think there was sale of Kipling's own possessions when he died and I'm pretty his original inkwell is still on his desk at Bateman's along with the other objects he described in 'Something of Myself.' The 'estate sale' might however refer to Lockwood and Alice Kipling whose estate would have been wound up when Lockwood died. So this might possibly have been the desk set Rudyard used in Lahore and left by him in until 1889. when he left India for good. It's a nice looking object (what animal supplied the decorative horns?).
On the other hand, if it only fetched £140 in 2020 - a very low price for Kipling's own ink stand, which if authenticated would be of great interest to collectors - I think there must have been doubt about its provenance. The label on the back clearly doesn't date from 1936 when Kipling died; it seems to be written in biro and the typeface of the bit of diary page for Friday 30, Good Friday, looks to me like 1970s or later.
I'm no expert in this area, however, so am forwarding your question to the Society's President David Alan Richards who is a collector of and authority on Kiplingiana.
Jan Montefiore
On 03/11/2022, 14:00, "To exchange information and views on the life and work of Rudyard Kipling on behalf of Mrinal Kapadia" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:
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Hello,
I am a researcher of the Company and colonial history of western India, and what drew me to Kipling was his connection to his birthplace (and mine) - Bombay.
I came across this interesting artefact a couple of years ago, an inkwell desk-stand that might have belonged to Rudyard Kipling himself, and I was wondering if there might be any truth to the details?:
https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fauctions.trevanionanddean.com%2Fcatalogue%2Flot%2F2e83b8dd3d1569ef93e34b3d7e69159a%2Fa7180bf4bbbb20d27ed1aac9c041a473%2Fthe-june-fine-art-antique-auction--this-auction-wil-lot-401%2F&data=05%7C01%7CJ.E.Montefiore%40kent.ac.uk%7C0787bf5bb41346f4342e08dabda39452%7C51a9fa563f32449aa7213e3f49aa5e9a%7C0%7C0%7C638030808090141147%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=04KUIJ%2B1bIPKs2jZFbZb0rBSNGQEijBoEC1PPZa5gmI%3D&reserved=0
Considering that Bateman's is where all his writing implements at the time of his death are kept (in situ, I gather), I wonder if there is any mention / record of what this item could be.
I look forward to hearing back on any information that any of the well informed members on this forum might have.
Thanking you,
Mrinal
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