http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1115999/resize%3Aformat%3Dfull;jsessionid=AA984124D099DD7D7AE04D329434E684Inkstand1903Gorham Manufacturing CompanySilverRoughly triangular in form, the stand has a shallow, undecorated trough intended to hold a pen and rises to a flat lidded inkwell.The inkstand was executed in the art nouveau-style and bears an arrangement of California poppies whose tendrils wind around the perimeter of the form to create a bilaterally symmetrical design. A five-part hinge connects the square lid to the body. The lid has a thumbgrip and bears a stamped and chased image of a poppy with two pendant leaves. The interior of the lid is gilded. The form was first cast and then lightly chased to provide additional detail and give it a hand-worked finish. The glass inkwell is missing.Silver hollowware7.1000000000 Centimeter16.5000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/detailsrdf/336348;jsessionid=AA984124D099DD7D7AE04D329434E684