This ink-well belonged to the novelist and dramatist John Galsworthy (1867-1933), who lived in Bury in West Sussex towards the end of his life. Galsworthy won Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

West Sussex; rated on February 18 • Rated 5: The Squire And Horse Inn at Bury Common, Bury, Pulborough, West Sussex; rated on February 17 • Rated 5: Southbourne Club at 56 New Road ...