Attributed to Edward F. Caldwell & Company, Inkstand, 1918

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Inkstand

MakerAttributed to Edward F. Caldwell & Company (1895 - 1959)

Date1918

Mediumglass, brass, gilding

DimensionsOverall: 5 × 6 × 6 in. (12.7 × 15.2 × 15.2 cm) Part a [base]: 3/4 × 6 × 6 in. (1.9 × 15.2 × 15.2 cm) Part b [inkwell]: 3 1/4 × 3 15/16 × 3 15/16 in. (8.3 × 10 × 10 cm) Part c [sheath]: 2 7/8 × 4 × 4 in. (7.3 × 10.2 × 10.2 cm) Part d [lid]: 1 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (3.8 × 6.4 × 6.4 cm)

Credit LineReynolda Estate

CopyrightPublic Domain

Object number1922.2.180a-d

DescriptionThe massive inkwell on stand in the Renaissance style was made in four parts: square gilt-brass stand with recess (a) for the cube-shaped glass inkwell (b), enclosed by a removable filigree sheath (c), and having a small square cover (d) with three wood nymphs seated on a disc-shaped plinth around a berry finial. The stand is decorated with filigree plates attached with small pins. Each of four sides has a crowned lion’s head in the center on a field of leafy floral scrolls. The sheath for the glass inkwell is likewise filigree, each of the four side panels having a large pseudo-armorial device shown in the center on a field of scrolls and flowers.
ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]

Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.

Status

On view