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Inkstand with Candleholder
Sèvres Manufactory
- Date
- about 1770
- Medium
- Wood; porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration, and gilding; gilt-bronze fittings; glass
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Decorative Arts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Small portable inkstands of this shape--that incorporate a handle for carrying and a candleholder – were apparently first made around 1770. The novel form may have been designed by the Parisian dealer Simon-Philippe Poirier who is recorded as having delivered one of similar description to Madame du Barry, Louis XV's mistress, in October of that year.
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