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Ink stand with flower roundels
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Ink stand with flower roundels

anonymous · c. 1750 - c. 1799 · turning; vitrification; appliqué (techniek); relief (sculpture technique); fired; formed; stoneware; glaze; cobalt (mineral); gypsum

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Stoneware inkstand with a pen holder and two holders for the inkwell and the sand shaker. Partially covered with cobalt blue. All outer sides are decorated with a relief of printed and applied flower rosettes surrounded by four circles and separated by a vertical leafy branch. On all corners on the top a modeled 'rivet'. The inkwell is provided with a glued, plaster lid of later date. The sand shaker also consists of plaster and is of later date.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
inkstand
Credit lineInk stand with flower roundels. c. 1750 - c. 1799. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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