INKWELL FROM A WRITING BOX, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The box in the outside- The background is white. On the cover and four sides are landscapes painted in colors with raised gilt scroll frames. The scenes are as follows: on the cover-at the left an urn on a pedestal, a ruin and next a man walking beside a woman riding a donkey and with a cow and a dog. A shepherd and sheep at the right with a river, bridge and castle in the background. Front-a continuous landscape with many figures and in the background churches, ruins, statues, a harbor, etc. Right side: a landscape with a monastery on a hilltop. Back-a continuous landscape with figures in the foreground and buildings and a harbor in the distance. The monastery at the left is the same as the one painted on the right end. Left side-a landscape with figures, a castle, a river and a ruined tower. The interior- is painted white with gilt copper and a glass inkwell and a sand caster, each with a cover with a landscape in enamel.
- Object name:
- INKWELL FROM A WRITING BOX, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Glass -- enamel -- copper -- gilt copper
- Made in:
- ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury
- Date made:
- ca. 1770
- Size:
- 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.171.2-3
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973