Giuseppe Sarao
Inkstand with bell, penholder, powder sifter and inkwells

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AttributionAttributed to Giuseppe Sarao (Italian)Italian

CultureItalian

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Inkstand with bell, penholder, powder sifter and inkwells

Datec. 1735–1745

Made inNaples, Italy

MediumTortoiseshell, gold, mother-of-pearl

DimensionsPlatter: 5/8 × 9 3/4 × 8 1/8 in. (1.6 × 24.7 × 20.6 cm)
Bell: 3 3/8 × 2 in. diameter (8.5 × 5.1 cm)
Pen holder: 3 × 1 in. diameter (7.6 × 2.5 cm)
Powder case: 1 7/8 × 2 in. diameter (4.8 × 5.1 cm)
Inkwells: 1 7/8 × 2 in. diameter (4.8 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, museum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment in honor of Rienzi's 20th Anniversary

Object number2018.643.A-.F

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Department

Rienzi

Object Type

STONE CARVING, SHELL & IVORY

ProvenanceProbably Baron Gustave de Rothschild (1829-1911), Paris; His daughter, Aline Sassoon (1865-1909), Paris; her daughter, Sybil, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (1894-1989), Houghton Hall; By descent, the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, Houghton Hall; [Christie’s London, 8 December 1994, lot 87]; [Galerie Kugel, Paris]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Exhibition History"Three French Reigns," London, 1933.
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