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Inkstand

ca. 1700-1710 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Venice (made)
Bassano del Grappa (made)

Inkstand of oblong quaterfoil form, on feet, with well for ink and pouncepot (now missing) on either sides of a figure of St. Gregory the Great. In the front is a rectangular drawer depicting a half-length figure of a lady wearing a fontange, with a small dog on her lap.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Object type
Inkstand
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Inkstand
  • Drawer
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Tin Glazing
Brief description
Inkstand representing St. Gregory the Great while blessing, made in Venice or Bassano, Italy, about 1700-10, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Inkstand of oblong quaterfoil form, on feet, with well for ink and pouncepot (now missing) on either sides of a figure of St. Gregory the Great. In the front is a rectangular drawer depicting a half-length figure of a lady wearing a fontange, with a small dog on her lap.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.5cm
  • Width: 25.5cm
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Inkstand depicting St. Gregory the Great
Made in Venice, ItalyBassano about 1700-10
Tin-glazed earthenware

418:1&2-1882 Hamilton Palace Collection
Object history
Bought (Hamilton Palace Collection)
Production
Baroni and Barioli ( see Bibl. refs) attribute it to the Argano Factory, outside Bassano. Drake (see Bibl. ref.) concludes that a workshop in Venice or somewhere in the Venetian territory remains the probable source.
Subject depicted
St. Gregory the Great
Bibliographic references
  • Baroni, C., La disputa dei latesini nella storia della ceramica italiana. Dedalo. 1993, XIII. 147 p.
  • Bavioli, G. Ceramiche antiche di Bassano, Delle Nore e di Vicenza. Venice, 1954. Catalogue of the exhibition at the Museo Civico di Bassano.
  • Drake, W. R. Notes on Venetian Ceramics. London, 1868.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
1196 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
418:1, 2-1882

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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