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Inkwell
1760
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1958.0941
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.0941
Object Name
Inkwell
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1760
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: On two sides
Inscription: Scratch-blue "E [series of three vertical dots] W/ 1760"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Slab-constructed
- Scratch-blue
- Incised
- Thrown
Dimensions (inches)
2.75 (H) x 2.56 (W) x 2.25 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
6.985 (H) x 6.51 (W) x 5.72 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: Horne, Jonathan. A Collection of Early English Pottery (dealer's catalogue).
• Scratch-blue inkwell (circular section) with shoulder inscribed "WM 1761": pt. XIX (1999), no. 564.Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 1990 The Henry H. Weldon Collection: English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800.
• Scratch-blue square inkwell with shoulder inscribed "S:C 1760": p. 147, no. 63