New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Art Deco Covered Inkwell

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1930

MediumPorcelain

DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)

InscribedOn bottom in black: "Robj/Paris".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number84.216

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DescriptionInkwell and cover in the form of a seated figure in yellow and black costume. The cover is the head which lifts off to give access to ink.

Published ReferencesKatharine M. McClinton, ART DECO-A GUIDE FOR COLLECTORS, (Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.: New York, 1972), p. 123.