Inkwell
Dateca. 1760
OriginEngland, Staffordshire
MediumWhite salt-glazed stoneware
DimensionsOH: 2 3/8"; OD: 2 11/16" (body at widest point).
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1976-357
DescriptionInkwell of double-walled cylindrical form with small kick out at base forming the foot; the flat shoulder demarcated by an incised bead. The shoulder with five equidistantly spaced round holes. The short collar and everted mouth at center. The decoration in enamels of pink, blue, yellow, green, red, brown, and black. The holes on the shoulder painted to resemble the centers of flowers, each with radiating petals. The sides of the body of the inkwell painted in one continual scene, comprising a man sitting in a ladder back chair at a table and writing a letter or document with a quill; on the table is an inkwell with two quills sticking out of it; the man is depicted in a park landscape with a large double-domed columnar building with an ancillary tower and shorter cylindrical structure with a conical roof. A fence divides the structure from the man. At the other side, another man holding a staff stands in a landscape with his dog gazing at two waterfowl, one swimming and the other soaring; trees, foliage, and fences separate the vignettes.Inscription(s)NoneMark(s)NoneProvenancePurchased from Jellinek & Sampson, London
ca. 1845
1820-1840