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

Inkstand Bottle

Artist Henry Bailey (English, circa 1750 - 1770)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1768-69
MediumSilver | Glass
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (4.4 x 5.7 cm)
InscribedThe maker's mark (see 2002.7.1) and the lion passant appear on the underside of the cap with five holes.
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Wolcott
Object number2002.7.4
On View
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DescriptionThis is one of the three octagonal cut-glass bottles set in pierced silver frames in the form of Chinese fretwork railings.

ProvenanceMade in London, England, 1768--1769; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Baylor II, Norfolk, Virginia; Nannie Baylor Wolcott to her son, Edward W. Wolcott; Mr. Edward W. Wolcott to his wife, Mrs. Clara Wolcott; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Wolcott to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 2002.