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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Inkstand

ca. 1810 (made), 1807-1813 (decorated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Inkstand of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Concave cylindrical in shape and with three holes for pens round the well. Painted with a river-scene in an eight-sided panel on a ground coloured to imitate grey marble. Gilt edges.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Inkstand of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, decorated between 1807-1813, Barr, Flight & Barr, Worcester, ca. 1810.
Physical description
Inkstand of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Concave cylindrical in shape and with three holes for pens round the well. Painted with a river-scene in an eight-sided panel on a ground coloured to imitate grey marble. Gilt edges.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.9cm
  • Diameter: 7.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'B' (Incised)
  • 'Barr Flight & Barr Worcester Flight & Barr Coventry Street London Manufacturers to their Majesties & Royal Family' under a crown (Written in red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of a pair with C.499A-1935.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.499-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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