INKWELL
Creator(s): Dagoty (Manufacturer)
On view in: Second Floor Library
About this object
The ground is green, the shape is like a sarcophagus resting on a raised platform on four lion paw feet, gilded neo-classic motifs are painted on the sides and ends, two removable inkwells with covers and between them a handle shaped like a lyre, gilded molded edging with leaf motifs, also four holes for pens.
- Object name:
- INKWELL
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- early 19th Century
- Size:
- 13.3 x 13.3 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.161.1-5
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Impressed in red underneath: Manufacture de S. M. l'Imperatrice P. L. Dagoty a Paris
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973