Title: Inkstand
Object type: Inkstand
Date: ca. 1770
Artist: Attributed to Philippe Claude Montigny 
Artist bio: French, Paris 1734–1780 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Oak, veneered with ebony and mounted with gilt bronze
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 4 3/4 × 14 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (12.1 × 37.5 × 24.1 cm)
Classification: Woodwork
Credit line: Purchase, Mercedes T. Bass, Mark Fisch and Rachel Davidson, and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar de la Renta Gifts, in honor of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2013
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY