IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 72840 accession number: C.1907 & A & B-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 2 December 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Red earthenware decorated with white slip, and lead glazed, except for the base. The inkstand is in the form of a rectangular chest with two circular holes in the top to take the cylindrical pounce pot and inkwell, and three smaller circular holes in each end. There is a low projection in front of the chest to accommodate the pens, and this has a pierced scrolling border across its width. All the circular apertures are outlined in white slip. the top of the chest and the top of the sides of the projection in front of it are spotted in slip, and on each side there is a painted slip plant spray which uses the three small circular holes as its berries. On the back there is a lozenge shape divided into four compartments with a spot in each, over which is a figure of eight with open ends and four horizontal spots behind them. The scrolls across the front are outlined in white slip, and the front of the chest is painted with the initials and date 'U:B: 1794'. The pounce pot and ink well are cylindrical with sloping sides and concave tops edged by a row of white spots and a line encircling the rim.The inkwell has one circular hole in the middle, and the pounce pot has a large number of holes. object type: red earthenware inkstand with inkwell and pounce pot, decorated with white slip and the initials and date 'U:B:1794' and lead-glazed title: ink stand NOTES ----- type: history note value: Bought at Thun in December 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72840 SUBJECTS ------------------- writing CATEGORIES ------ category: lead-glazed earthenware category: Swiss slipware DATING ------ creation date: 1794 - 1794 creation date earliest: 1794 creation date latest: 1794 culture: 18th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Workshop 3 CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Langnau Herz des Oberemmentals Keramik aus Langnau. Zur Geschichte der bedeutendsten Landhafnerei im Kanton Bern Kommentierter Katalog, 2 vols --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/C_1907_20_26_20A_20_26_20B_1928_1_201603_kly25_ce.jpg height: 768 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_C_1907_20_26_20A_20_26_20B_1928_1_201603_kly25_ce.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/C_1907_20_26_20A_20_26_20B_1928_1_201603_kly25_ce.jpg height: 768 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_C_1907_20_26_20A_20_26_20B_1928_1_201603_kly25_ce.jpg height: 188 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: 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