Inkstand

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Inkstand
Date19th–mid- 19th century
Made inPennsylvania, United States
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (redware) with brass, steel, and glass
Dimensions4 5/8 × 8 × 5 1/2 in. (11.7 × 20.3 × 14 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.64.30.A-.C
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Maple Bedroom
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionPotters in many regions of colonial America and the early United States made red-bodied earthenware from local clay. The potter fabricated this inkstand using slabs of clay and decorated it by impressing it with circular sunburst or floral emblems. It now holds a pounce pot and a spirit lamp. It probably would have originally held an inkwell, rather than this spirit lamp.
ProvenanceGeorges S. McKearin Collection of American Pottery, Hoosick, New York; [...]; [North and Gibson Antiquarians, New Castle, Delaware]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1964; given to MFAH, by 1966.

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