Inkstand
date: label: date made
content: 1733
name: label: previous owner
content: Pell, Alfred Duane
notes: label: Description
content: Four-piece inkstand consisting of an oblong hexagonal tray on four, cast, flared scroll feet with three circular depressions that hold a faceted baluster handle bell, an inverted baluster inkwell and matching sander or pounce pot; two pen rests along sides. Cast scrollwork applied at rim includes female masks flanked by foliage and shells at ends. Bell has a flattened disk-and-ball finial, molded midband, and hooked, teardrop-shaped ringer. Inkwell and sander are seamed with applied molded rims and bases; the inkwell has five holes while the sander is pierced with crosslets arranged into a diamond shape bordered by dots and French curves. All four pieces struck with four marks (some effaced): "P.L" with crown and star above and fleur-de-lis below, a left-facing lion passant in cartouche, a crowned leopard's head in five-pointed shield, and a raised serif "S" in a five-pointed shield.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: Subject
content: writing implements
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.0342
label: catalog number
content: 60.0342
label: accession number
content: 225282
objectType: label: Object Name
content: inkstand
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 8 3/4 in x 6 3/4 in; 15.24 cm x 22.225 cm x 17.145 cm