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Description: | These three enamel pots form part of a writing set known as an ink standish. The two pots with lids would have been used to hold ink. The pot with a perforated top would have contained pounce, a powder that was used to prevent the ink bleeding into the unglazed paper of the time. The set is painted in enamel colours on a white enamel ground. The base on which the pots sit has two troughs to hold quills and is painted in enamel colours with fishing scenes taken from "The Ladies Amusement or, Whole Art of Japanning Made Easy". This book was published in 1760 and contained thousands of images for use in the decorative arts including flowers, animals, landscapes and border designs.
Ink standish with enamel painted fishing scenes from 'The Ladies Amusement'. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Naturalistic Pattern Manufacturing industry Flowers Black Country Decorative arts Metalworking industries Enamels Letter writing Georgian period | Temporal: | 1760 - 1780
Georgian (1714-1837) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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