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Circular inkstand and two ink bottles
George Bullock (English, 1777/78–1818)
English (London)
about 1810–15
Medium/Technique
Veneered with tortoiseshell and brass, glass bottles
Dimensions
Diam: 16 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Horace Wood Brock
Accession Number2007.1001.1-3
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsFurniture
DescriptionCircular dish with brass inlaid with tortoiseshell in the "Boulle" technique, with stylized flowers and acanthus scrolls around the rim. The center includes a rectangular recess for pens flanked by two circular wells for cut-glass ink bottles with brass lids inlaid with six-petaled flowers.
ProvenanceBretton Hall, Yorkshire. 2003, private collection; April 10, 2003, anonymous ("property of a gentleman") sale, Christie's, London, lot 1. Acquired on the London art market by Horace Wood Brock, New York; 2007, gift of Horace Wood Brock to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 23, 2008)