.800 Silver German Inkwell Set Georg Platner Founder 1st German Railroad Dated 1858

.800 Silver German Inkwell Set Georg Platner Founder 1st German Railroad 50 Anniv. Gift

RARE: One of a Kind custom made 1858

.800 GERMAN SILVER INKWELL: Merging on Family Trees and Crests

Approx. 13.65 Troy ounces (.800) Silver.

German inkwell, having 2 surmounting trees with coat of arms adorning.
Plaque at lower front states that this inkwell was presented as a 50th Anniversary wedding gift.

Dated Aug. 27, 1858.

Impressed .800, Star & 597 &, Fl, in cartouche at underside of ink cups.

Size: 6.5 in height, 9.25 inches in length, 5.75 inches in width.

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About Georg and Elise Platner (source Wikipedia) see screenshot

Georg Zacharias Platner

1781-1862
Born 27 July 1781
Free imperial city of Nuremberg, Franconian Circle
Died 8 July 1862
Nuremberg, Bavaria, German Confederation
Occupation Businessman-entrepreneur Railway pioneer
Spouse(s) Maria Katharina Elise Cramer

Georg Zacharias Platner (27 July 1781 - 8 July 1862) was a German manufacturer-entrepreneur and an astute businessman who later also became a politician.

His principal claim to fame arises on account of his role as the founder of the Bavarian Ludwig Railway ("Bayerische Ludwigseisenbahn") which opened at the end of 1835. It connected Fürth with Nuremberg, a distance of 6 kilometers, by means of the first regular steam-hauled railway service in Germany