Inkstand

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Description

Of shaped oblong form raised on four cast scroll feet, applied with cast dentilated borders with acanthus at intervals, a female mask at each end and smaller masks against rocaille at each corner, with three circular depressions enclosed a border of small circles and flanked by two shaped oblong pen trays, all enclosed by flat-chased foliate strapwork and rocaille borders enclosing panels of granulation and diaperwork; fitted with two cylindrical pots, each on cast spreading dentilated bases, the sides flat-chased with shaped panels of scrolls and stylized acanthus on a granulated ground, with removable dentilated covers, one pierced with a continuous trellis pattern; the other pieced with five nib holes between flat-chased trelliswork and bellflowers; the center with a cast handbell with conforming decorations; each pen tray engraved with a coat of arms within an asymmetrical scroll cartouche and drapery mantling.

Dimensions

16.8 x 36.2 x 24.5 cm (6 5/8 x 14 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.) unspecified: 2225 g

Provenance

Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949.