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Corn-Shaped Inkstand Inkstand
This is a Inkstand. It was created by James S. Bell and made by James S. Bell. It is dated 1907 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is silver, gold, glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
It is credited Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
- Totomoxtle
- patterned veneer.
- Courtesy of Fernando Laposse.
- NATURE.013
- Exhibition Installation, AIR-INK
- captured carbon, selection of pens and markers, fabric sample, poster.
- Courtesy of Graviky Labs.
- NATURE.026
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 4.8 × 24 × 13 cm (1 7/8 × 9 7/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
It has the following markings
On underside of inkstand: [1] “JSB”, impressed (maker’s mark) [2] “M”, impressed (date mark; 1907) [3] Uncrowned leopard's head, impressed (city mark; London; 1822–) [4] Lion passantt, impressed (standard mark; British) On interior of inkwell lid: [1] “JSB”, impressed (maker’s mark) [2] “M”, impressed (date mark; 1907) [3] Lion passantt, impressed (standard mark; British) On top of inkwell lid: [1] Coat of arms with up-stretched arm piercing the head of a boar with a sword with motto below: "fiat justitia ruat caelum"
Cite this object as
Corn-Shaped Inkstand Inkstand; James S. Bell; England; silver, gold, glass; H x W x D: 4.8 × 24 × 13 cm (1 7/8 × 9 7/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund; 1995-1-1-a,b
