A Ludwigsburg inkstand, circa 1760

modelled by Gottlieb Friedrich Riedel, of rococo form, the high scroll and pierced back surmounted by two putti, one holding an inkpot, the other writing in a book, above the serpentine rectangular stand fitted with a baluster inkpot and cover and a pounce pot, painted with flowers within moulded cartouches, raised on four paw feet picked out in puce and gilding, blue crowned interlaced C mark, incised 75.J:W:S: 30., puce painted H.,

Some minor chips and nicks to claws on paw feet.
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For a version of this model with the addition of candle sconces, see Leo Balet, Ludwigsburger Porzellan, 1911, p. 50, no. 1, and Dr. B. Pfeiffer, Alt-Ludwigsburg, 1906, pl. 59. A second example with sconces emerging from animal head terminals is in the collection of the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim.

Gottlieb Friedrich Riedel (1724-1784) was a porcelain painter, former, etcher and publisher; the son of a court musician, he initially trained as a painter. In 1756 he began as a decorator at Meissen. However with the outbreak of the Seven Years War he left Meissen and briefly worked at the Frankenthal factory before settling at Ludwigsburg.