INKWELL FROM A WRITING BOX, ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Second Floor Hallway

About this object

Background is white. On the cover and four sides are landscapes painted in full 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. In the background a river, bridge and castle. Front-a continuous landscape with many figures and in the background churches, ruins, statues, a harbor, etc. Right side: a landscape with a monastery in the center. 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. A landscape with figures, a castle, a river and a ruined tower. The interior is painted white with gilt partitions and two glass inkwells 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:

15.171.4-5

Class:

ENAMEL

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973