Inkstand

Artists

Description

Rectangular on four bun feet, with applied reeded borders, the top formed of two flaps opening lengthwise to reveal, on one side, a dished pen compartment, and, on the other, three square compartments, one fitted with a removable pounce pot with similar borders, the top pierced with continuous holes and with baluster finial, one cover engraved with an earl's achievement, the other with a crest and earl's coronet, the side of the pounce pot also engraved with the same crest and coronet, the base with scratch weight 45:1.

Dimensions

6.3 x 18.7 x 13 cm (2 1/2 x 7 3/8 x 5 1/8 in.) 1180 g

Provenance

Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield (1634-1713). Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949.