Cyples Black Basalt Circular Inkwell, Engine-Turned c1795-1805 British Antique Pottery
$225
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Here is a very useful aid for the writing table, a drum-form inkwell that could also hold quill pens in the smaller holes near the rim. Most inkwells of this type are unmarked, but fortunately this one is marked underneath with a capital letter C, probably indicating Cyples, a ceramics factory that started in 1787 and specialized in black basalt (called “Egyptian black” in those early days). Wedgwood made an almost identical inkwell, as did other factories, but it’s thought that most of the unmarked examples of this type were probably made by Cyples. It is two and five-eighths inches in diameter, with no damage except a crack down inside the central slope. Original condition, uncleaned, found in Pennsylvania.
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Item id: C581Color: BlackOrigin: England • EnglishPurpose: Inkwells, InkstandsItem type: Antique
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