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Blotter

Artist (American, 1848 - 1933)
Manufacturer (American, founded 1879)
Datec. 1900
Mediumbrass with abalone shell and paper
Dimensions2 5/8 x 5 3/4 x 2 7/8 inches (6.7 x 14.6 x 7.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Nelda C. Stark, 1981
Object number41.72.5.8
ClassificationsWritten Communication T&E
DescriptionPart of nine piece set; gold colored brass; rocking blotter; parallel lines design with two clusters of eight abalone shell discs on top; circular flat topped finial with three abalone shell discs; blue blotter paper on base.
ProvenanceW.H. Stark [1851-1936] and Miriam Lutcher Stark [Mrs. W.H. Stark, 1859-1936]; by inheritance to their son H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; by inheritance to his wife Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; gifted March 5, 1981 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to The W.H. Stark House
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