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Panels of a writing board

Unrecorded maker

ca. 721–705 BCE · Ivory

La Serpentara near Olevano

Friedrich Preller (d. 1878)

1829 · Drawing, pen and brown ink over black chalk

Design for a Bookcase with Writing Desk

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (d. 1600)

ca. 1550–70 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over leadpoint

Pen from a Writing Set

John Hamilton Mortimer (d. 1779)

c. 1830 · Miscellaneous, hardstones including lapis lazuli, malachite, carnelian, agate, gold; original fitted velvet-lined case

Pen Case

Unrecorded maker

15th–16th century · Iron inlaid with gold

Writing Table (Bundai) with Melons and Squirrels

Unrecorded maker

first half 17th century · Lacquered wood with gold hiramaki-e and e-nashiji (“pear-skin picture”) on black lacquer ground

Writing Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale (d. 1779)

ca. 1760–70 · Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash

Writing Nécessaire

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1765–70 · Copper, enamel

Writing Nécessaire

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1765–70 · Enamel on copper, glass

Writing table (part of a set)

Joseph Baumhauer (d. 1772)

ca. 1770 · Oak, veneered with tulipwood, purplewood, casuarina wood, and kingwood; gilt-bronze mounts, gilt-tooled leather

Set of Five Writing Boxes with Japanese Globeflowers, Plum Blossoms, and Interlaced Roundels

Unrecorded maker

late 18th–early 19th century · Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e and applied gold foil on nashiji ground

Pen handle (part of a set)

S. Mordan & Co., England (d. 1898)

1848–49 · Silver, ivory