Crouching Imp Pewter Inkwell
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C 1900 grotesque inkwell. Pewter, in the form of a crouching imp, ears as pen holders. No insert, hinge A/F. Height 7 cm
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- Grotesque - Grotesque decoration is any fanciful ornament applied to furniture and decorative arts, and includes distorted faces, mythical animals such as satyrs and sphinxes and less frequently fantastical fruit and flower forms.
The Martin Brothers who set up their pottery at the end of the nineteenth century in Southall, Middlesex derived their fame from their hand made models of grotesque stoneware birds.
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