Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Inkstand

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Rectangular, with cut away crested front, the rear with three comparments, the central one with four pen holes, painted in enamels with floral swags and bouquets, the edges picked out in red, yellow and maroon


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels
Brief description
Rectangular inkstand of tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels, made by Sceaux pottery factory, France, about 1765
Physical description
Rectangular, with cut away crested front, the rear with three comparments, the central one with four pen holes, painted in enamels with floral swags and bouquets, the edges picked out in red, yellow and maroon
Credit line
Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis
Production
Acquired as Sceaux, c. 1765
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.240-1951

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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