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Inkstand with cover
Inkstand, comprising a rectangular plinth with a small cylindrical inkpot and conical cover with bead finial to front left with a pen hole to right, modelled with a draped tree stump on which is seated a biscuit putto holding a gilt pipe to his lips, a recumbent biscuit lamb to right. The sides of the plinth are painted with a band of flowers in the `de Junic' manner, between gilt line borders, and its top with numerous small pink roses; these are continued on a stippled gilt ground over the ink pot and its cover.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30115
Acquisition
Purchase, 12/1947
Measurements
Height
(cm): 17.7
Length
(cm): 12.7
Width
(cm): 10.2
Height
(in): 7
Length
(in): 5
Width
(in): 4
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
enamels
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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