PRESSED "FRENCH INK" INKSTAND, brilliant green canary (black lighted), comprising a stand with two shell-form receivers centering a plateau with two holes to receive the inkwell and sander, fitted with original copper covers, ribs and rays under base of stand. Each insert with faint mold lines and polished rim and base. Baccarat, France and/or the Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1870-1880. 3 1/2" HOA, stand 6 3/4" x 7 1/8".
Inserts undamaged, stand plateau with two chips and flaking around holes which is hidden by the wells. Sander cover frozen.
Published: Peterson - Vaseline Glass: Canary to Contemporary, p. 79, figs. 778, 779.
Literature: Parallels Barlow/Kaiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 5, front of dust jacket, and pp. 80, 81, figs. 5163, 5164; and The 1874 Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. trade catalogue, p. 42.
Provenance: Collection of Bryan Grapentine, Phoenix, AZ.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., 9/26/15, lot 46.
Ex-collection of Nadene J. Stockard, Washington, DC.
Catalogue Note: The B & S catalogue illustrates an alabaster/clambroth example. It was referred to as a "French Ink" in the catalogue price list and wholesaled for $12 per dozen. As noted by Barlow and Kaiser, these inkstands are extremely rare. A sketch of what appears to be the same form is also included in the 1870 Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat, Paris, France trade catalogue, p. 227, fig. 3573. Barlow/Kaiser note the difference between the Sandwich and Baccarat examples as being the Sandwich inserts are pressed, while the Baccarat version features pressure-blown inserts, like the ones here.

Inserts undamaged, stand plateau with two chips and flaking around holes which is hidden by the wells. Sander cover frozen.