Design for an Inkstand
date: label: Date
content: 1810–1825
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Inkstand on wooden base, right drawer open position. Iconography of the sea. Dragon, pierced with a spear flank central basin. Above, inkpot is in shape of a dolphin body, terminate with a twisted mouthpiece, which served as a pen holder.
place: label: made in
content: Belgium
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-64-156
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and yellow, red watercolor, black wash, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 26.2 × 32.8 cm (10 5/16 × 12 15/16 in.)