Lot Essay
See D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Delft, München, 1984, p.234, ill.143.
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LATE 17TH CENTURY
Details
A Dutch Delft rectangular blue and white quadrupod inkstand or écritoire
Late 17th century
The frontal side with an openworked grotesque winged female figure in front of a penholder compartment decorated with a writing feather, the sides enhanced with dense floral motifs reserved with perched birds and peacocks, the upper part with three openings containing removable pewter objects: a covered inkwell with shell-shaped thumbpiece, a candlestick holder, a pierced sander, further with dotted relief border
20.5 cm. wide
See illustration
Late 17th century
The frontal side with an openworked grotesque winged female figure in front of a penholder compartment decorated with a writing feather, the sides enhanced with dense floral motifs reserved with perched birds and peacocks, the upper part with three openings containing removable pewter objects: a covered inkwell with shell-shaped thumbpiece, a candlestick holder, a pierced sander, further with dotted relief border
20.5 cm. wide
See illustration
Provenance
The late Mrs. A.C.T. Tempel-Zwartsenberg.
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