ink-stand;
candlestick
- Museum number
- 1904,1026.1
- Description
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Inkstand with candlestick; porcelain; rockwork base with patches of lichen, in which are two wells and between them a candle socket in form of column with moulded festoons rising from square base; shell-shaped tray in front; applied ornament touched with colour, branches, foliage and berries with rabbit crouching in front, gilt.
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.20 inches
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Length: 6.20 inches
- Curator's comments
- This piece was formerly attributed to the Plymouth factory of William Cookworthy (1768-1770) (Hobson 1905, VII.3).
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Large firing crack around base evident from inside. (Manufacturing fault). Some loss of gilt to handle.
- Acquisition date
- 1904
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1904,1026.1