Carl Moritz STUMPF & SOHN (active 1832-1884, company from 1804 -1945), Portable Ecriture

sterling silver, stamped 13 (on the bottom of the inkwells - 13, on the base M.ST.&S - beaten in depth, mark of Gdansk);
Height 8.5 cm, width 22 cm, depth 20.5 cm; weight 337 g.
Gdansk, 1860s.
Supported on 4 volute-rocaille legs and a base with a wavy edge, with a recess at the front for writing implements in the form of a stylized shell, in the depth in the middle a hemispherical vase on a leg intended for nibs, on the sides two cylindrical recesses for inkwells; at the back a channel-shaped, volute handle.
The company was founded by Carl Stumpf in 1804; after his death in 1832, the workshop was initially run independently by his widow, then from 1834 together with his stepson Carl Moritz. In 1838 Carl Moritz became the sole owner of the business. In 1861 his son joined the business and under the name Moritz Stumpf & Sohn the company operated until 1884. Moritz died in 1894. The business remained in the hands of the family until 1945.