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Inkstand
Inkstand, inkwell and cover, sandpot and cover, soft-paste 'duck egg' and 'trident' porcelain; stand with a waisted base, with two circular round-edged galleries, one containing an inkwell with a raised collar liner, and the other a sandpot and raised cover with a knob finial, separated by a pair of intertwined fish forming a handle; both pots painted with polychrome enamels of flowers and insects, with a gilt band to the lip; the stand gilded with a leaf patterned border around the base, and gilt decoration on the fish.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30905
Acquisition
Purchase, 25/1/1939
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.9
Length
(cm): 9.3
Width
(cm): 4.1
Height
(in): 2
Length
(in): 3
Width
(in): 1
Height
(cm): 3.4
diam
(cm): 3.9
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 1
Height
(cm): 3.5
diam
(cm): 3.9
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 1
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
Gallery 07B South
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