/internal/media/dispatcher/1115999/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailInkstand1903Gorham Manufacturing Company7.1 x 30.0 x 16.5 cm (2 13/16 x 11 13/16 x 6 1/2 in.); troy weight: 22 oz 16 dwt 22 gr (710 gm)SilverMuseum purchase with funds donated by Dr. and Mrs. James Rabb2001.8040Roughly 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 hollowware7.100000000016.500000000033634801