Inkstand once owned by Gottfried Keller
Made in Zurich
Gottfried Keller (1819-1890), Swiss poet and author
Encrier (ink stand), faience bleu et blanche de Zurich (18th century)
Zurich mezza maiolica inkstand, 20.5 cm long, ca. 1750. Schweizerisches Landesmuseum. On loan to Zürich, Zentralbibliothek
Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich, L M 12 087
[not found in catalogues of the Zentralbibliothek or Landesmuseum]
Literature:
Coste, C., 1946. Ancienne figurations du rhinoceros de l’Inde: a propos du frontispiece de l’ouvrage de Wilhelm Pison ‘De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica’ edité a Amsterdam en 1658. Acta Tropica 3 (2): 116-129, figs. 1-12
Coste 1946: 127, fig. 12 – illustrated
Rookmaaker 1973: 56
Clarke 1976 (Keramik Freunde) figs. 46, 47 – illustrated
- TRAVELS OF CLARA, THE DUTCH RHINOCEROS
