Price
£425.00This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance
The BADA Standard
- Since 1918, BADA has been the leading association for the antiques and fine art trade
- Members are elected for their knowledge, integrity and quality of stock
- Our clients are protected by BADA’s code of conduct
- Our dealers’ membership is reviewed and renewed annually
- Bada.org is a non-profit site: clients deal directly with members and they pay no hidden fees
To be exhibited at
BADA Gift List - Under £1000Lignum Vitae Pouce Pot.
Pounce, powdered cuttlefish or pumice combined with sandarach resin, was a preparation made to condition vellum and parchment from mediaeval times.
However, this pounce pot, made of three sections of turned lignum vitae, the ‘wood of life’ from the West Indies and Central America, was made at the end of the eighteenth century for use during the short period of time between the necessary preparation of skin or paper and the arrival of blotting paper. Pounce was now just powdered sandarach; hence the alternative name for these things as sander or sand dredger. Powdered sandarach was now sprinkled onto the wet ink in order to prevent spreading, after which the paper was formed into a cone and the powder returned to the pot via the dished and perforated top.
English circa 1780.
dia:3 in x h:3.75 in.
Stock number
5362The BADA Standard
- Since 1918, BADA has been the leading association for the antiques and fine art trade
- Members are elected for their knowledge, integrity and quality of stock
- Our clients are protected by BADA’s code of conduct
- Our dealers’ membership is reviewed and renewed annually
- Bada.org is a non-profit site: clients deal directly with members and they pay no hidden fees
