inkwell

Object Name2 Inkwells and Stand in Neo-Baroque Style

Manufacturer Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1835-1845

TechniquePressed, ground

SizeOverall H: 7.4 cm, W: 8.4 cm, D: 15.2 cm; Without Wells H: 4 cm

Accession Number52.3.22

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Pressed Glass, 1825-1925

Place Made

France, probably Saint-Louis

Physical Description2 Inkwells and Stand in Neo-Baroque Style. Opaque brick red glass; pressed and ground. Rectangular ink well stand with flat ground and polished top having two holes for the wells and feet in a pressed "Baroque" pattern; feet form volutes, leaf-ornaments and shells on walls; cylindrical ink well with coil rim and small mouth, similar well for sand with little sand-holes, both wells having a ground and polished top.
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