A rare and early pearlware inkstand with a detachable pounce pot, modelled as Cupid riding a dolphin (wing lacking, small restoration to jug, a few minor chips)
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A rare pearlware inkstand and pounce pot, circa 1820
Modelled in the white as Cupid riding on a dolphin, his hands grasping a jug which rests on the head of the fish and forms the quill holder, a bow and arrow applied to the rectangular base behind a detachable pounce pot in the form of a classical vase, 16cm wide (2)
Sold for £137 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • An inkstand of related form, inscribed 'John Forster made this at Hanley Agust the 29 1820', is illustrated by Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware Figures (1991), p 207

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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