Harvard Art Museums > 1948.96.A-D: Inkstand Tools and Equipment Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Inkstand (Paul De Lamerie) , 1948.96.A-D,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 03, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/229276. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1948.96.A-D People Paul De Lamerie, British (Bois-le-Duc 1688 - 1751 London) Title Inkstand Classification Tools and Equipment Work Type inkwell Date 1731-1732 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/229276 Physical Descriptions Medium Silver Dimensions 16.8 x 36.2 x 24.5 cm (6 5/8 x 14 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.) unspecified: 2225 g Inscriptions and Marks hallmark: under base, under each pot, interior of ink pot, struck: Britannia, lion's head erased, date letter and maker's mark; lion's head erased on interior of inke pot Maker's mark: See Hare, no. 3, and Grimwade, no. 1892 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Archibald Alexander Hutchinson Accession Year 1948 Object Number 1948.96.A-D Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Of shaped oblong form raised on four cast scroll feet, applied with cast dentilated borders with acanthus at intervals, a female mask at each end and smaller masks against rocaille at each corner, with three circular depressions enclosed a border of small circles and flanked by two shaped oblong pen trays, all enclosed by flat-chased foliate strapwork and rocaille borders enclosing panels of granulation and diaperwork; fitted with two cylindrical pots, each on cast spreading dentilated bases, the sides flat-chased with shaped panels of scrolls and stylized acanthus on a granulated ground, with removable dentilated covers, one pierced with a continuous trellis pattern; the other pieced with five nib holes between flat-chased trelliswork and bellflowers; the center with a cast handbell with conforming decorations; each pen tray engraved with a coat of arms within an asymmetrical scroll cartouche and drapery mantling. Publication History Philip A.S. Phillips, Paul de Lamerie, Citizen and Goldsmith of London, a Study of his Life and Work A.D. 1688-1751 (London, 1933), plate LXXII Victoria Kloss Ball, Architecture and Interior Design: Europe and America from the Colonial Era to Today, John Wiley & Sons (New York, NY, 1980), fig. 4.56 Judith A. Neiswander, "Transatlantic Treasures", Country Life, Country Life (London, July 9, 1992), p. 56 Christopher Hartop, British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass. and New Haven, 2007), pp. 132-133, cat. no. 112, repr. p. 133, details repr. p. 132. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
