Unknown American
Inkstand

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Maker Unknown American

CultureAmerican

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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

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Bayou Bend

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CERAMICS

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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