Inkstand
date: label: Date
content: 1760s–70s
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Inkstand composed of quatrefoil-shaped body (a) with three conical projections at back center (to hold writing implements?); base with four short conical feet; white ground decorated with yellow, blue and green flowers and garlands. Quatrefoil-shaped lid (b) showing allegorical scene of shepherds with foliage-scroll borders. Interior inset with two shaped containers (c,d), with yellow, blue and green decoration; one container with pierced top.
place: label: made in
content: Moustiers-Sainte Marie, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2006-27-9-a/d
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Inkstand
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Tin-glazed earthenware
label: Dimensions
content: Overall: 7.6 x 10.8 x 11.1 cm (3 x 4 1/4 x 4 3/8 in.)