INKWELL FROM A WRITING BOX, ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Second Floor Hallway

About this object

The box in the outside- The background is white. On the cover and four sides are landscapes painted in colors with raised gilt scroll frames. The scenes are as follows: on the cover-at the left an urn on a pedestal, a ruin and next a man walking beside a woman riding a donkey and with a cow and a dog. A shepherd and sheep at the right with a river, bridge and castle in the background. Front-a continuous landscape with many figures and in the background churches, ruins, statues, a harbor, etc. Right side: a landscape with a monastery on a hilltop. Back-a continuous landscape with figures in the foreground and buildings and a harbor in the distance. The monastery at the left is the same as the one painted on the right end. Left side-a landscape with figures, a castle, a river and a ruined tower. The interior- is painted white with gilt copper and a glass inkwell and a sand caster, each with a cover with a landscape in enamel.

Object name:

INKWELL FROM A WRITING BOX, ONE OF TWO

Made from:

Glass -- enamel -- copper -- gilt copper

Made in:

ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury

Date made:

ca. 1770

Size:

3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

15.171.2-3

Class:

ENAMEL

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973