Inkwell
ca. 1758 (manufactured)
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Inkwell of soft-paste porcelain, with glass liner. A low cylinder, with a central circular well surrounded by five holes on the shoulder. The sides decorated with bouquets, scattered flowers and a dragonfly; the shoulder decorated with quills, dividers, rulers, a mathematical manuscript and a geometrical equation.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Inkwell, soft-paste porcelain, painted in colours with drawing instruments and mathematical calculations; painted by James Welsh, manufactured by Bow Porcelain Factory, England (London), ca. 1758 |
| Physical description | Inkwell of soft-paste porcelain, with glass liner. A low cylinder, with a central circular well surrounded by five holes on the shoulder. The sides decorated with bouquets, scattered flowers and a dragonfly; the shoulder decorated with quills, dividers, rulers, a mathematical manuscript and a geometrical equation. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Ja Welsh' (Signed by the decorator inside the footrim) |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the V&A, the Hugh Phillips Bequest and The Art Fund |
| Historical context | This documentary inkwell is the only signed piece of porcelain by James Welsh, a painter who is known to have been working at the Chelsea factory in October 1750, and at Bow from at least 1754. |
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| Accession number | C.2-1990 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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