Writing Box with Inkwell and Pounce Pot
| Categories | Early - Primitive |
| Material | Enamel |
| Origin | England |
| Date or Era | 1760–70 |
| Measuring | Overall (.825 ink well, confirmed): 1 1/4 × 1 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (3.2 × 3 × 3 cm); |
This painted enamel writing box is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s (NYC) collection of European decorative art. The lid of this writing box is decorated with a classical landscape. Although the source of the scene is unknown, such designs were often based on compositions by fashionable French or Italian painters. The inside is fitted with a rectangular compartment for pens, a glass inkwell, and a pounce pot.
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