© Temple Newsam House
Ink Stand
Artist: Russian
Location: Temple Newsam House
Date: 1785
Materials: silver & shagreen
Dimensions: 38 x 15 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £850 (Total: £850)
Vendor: H Blairman & Sons Ltd
Review number: 2291 (1967)
Description:
Decorative use of shagreen, a hard, highly-polished material made from skin of sharks and commonly employed in 18th Century for covering small boxes, knife-cases etc. Here it has been dyed green. 3 vase shaped wells fitted with clear-glass liners. Base covered with the original green silk. Workmanship of English characteristics - suggestions from Matthew Boulton's craftsmen who emigrated to Russia.
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