A Durlach commode-shaped inkstand, sander and inkwell
CIRCA 1770-75
Details
A Durlach commode-shaped inkstand, sander and inkwell Circa 1770-75
With lobed and serpentine sides, painted with simulated drawers in green, yellow and brown, the short sides with chinoiseries en camaïeu vert, the top with trailing flowers, standing on brown bun feet (restoration to rims)
6in. (15cm.) wide
Lot Essay
For a comparable example in the Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe see Walther Franzius, Durlacher Fayencen 1723-1847 (1975), p. 147, no. 89 and p. 167 nos. 119-120.