About the Artwork
Inkwell
between 1815 and 1830
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German
German
Glazed hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel and gold
Overall: 3 × 7 3/8 × 5 3/4 inches (7.6 × 18.7 × 14.6 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Emma Butzel
46.19
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Marked, on bottom, in pencil: 49.87
Provenance
Emma Butzel
1946-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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German, Inkwell, between 1815 and 1830, glazed hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel and gold. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Emma Butzel, 46.19.
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