Covered Zodiac Inkstand & Tray
Manufacturer
Tiffany Studios
(American, 1902-1932)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1920
MediumBronze | Glass
DimensionsOverall: 4 x 9 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. (10.2 x 25.1 x 27.3 cm)
InscribedStamped, bottom: "Tiffany Studios/New York/1073".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number86.351
Not on view
DescriptionTwelve-sided shaped inkwell with cover resting on a double pen tray with signs of the Zodiac in each corner. The inkwell decorated with same signs. Part of a "Zodiac" desk set. The glass inkwell has been replaced with a receptacle that would not hold enough ink to indicate that it was original to the object.Published ReferencesKoch, GLASS-BRONZE-LAMPS, (Crown: New York, 1971), p. 93, for pattern and stock number.
