Ink Pot (c. 1425–1450): Art, History and Details
Ink Pot at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1425–1450, leather. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Ink Pot (c. 1425–1450) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Intended for use on the writing table, this ink pot was used with a dip pen or quill. It may have belonged to a professional scribe or scholar, or perhaps to a wealthy layperson. The leather is embellished by tooling, embossing (pressing), and punching.
Object facts
- Title: Ink Pot
- Date: c. 1425–1450
- Culture: Northern Italy, 15th century
- Type: Leather
- Technique: leather
- Dimensions: Overall: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)
- Collection: MED - Gothic
- Department: Medieval Art
- Accession number: 1967.140
Collection credit
Sundry Purchase Fund
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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