Inkstand
Category
Ceramics
Date
1747 - 1749
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
17 cm (H)
Place of origin
Meissen
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Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1440290
Summary
[Salvaged] An ormolu-mounted Meissen inkstand, attractively modelled, the ink and pen pots enclosed in a Meissen lemon box supported on green leaves and applied flowers, surmounted on the backs of two Meissen swans, the whole set on contemporary ormolu mounts with leaf and berry feet. The mounts probably French.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1968 by Mrs Hannah Gubbay
Marks and inscriptions
crowned 'C' stamp of 1745-1749