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Inkwell: GR.29.1904

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Bronze ink-well. Decorated with champleve enamel. Shaped like an egg cup with a small baluster stopped

Notes

History note: Forman Coll., Callaly Castle (cat.no.2303) 1899: sale of Forman Coll (cat.no.169)

Legal notes

McClean Bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.042 m
Height: 0.048 m

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904)

Dating

Middle Roman
101 AD - 300 AD

Note

Enamel

Components of the work

Body composed of enamel

Materials used in production

Copper alloy

Techniques used in production

Champlevé

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.29.1904
Primary reference Number: 67838
Catalogue number: cat.no.2303
Catalogue number: cat.no.169

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 5 November 2025

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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