Edward Farmer Very Heavy Brite-Cut Green & White Jade Inkwell featuring Jade Elephant Finial & Light Vermeil Sterling Silver Fittings
Edward Farmer Very Heavy Brite-Cut Green & White Jade Inkwell featuring Jade Elephant Finial & Light Vermeil Sterling Silver Fittings
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Edward Farmer Very Heavy Brite-Cut Green & White Jade Inkwell featuring Jade Elephant Finial & Light Vermeil Sterling Silver Fittings
Exceptional quality workmanship executed in NYC at the workshops of Edward Farmer.
Lively green & white jade.
The designer of the inkwell, Edward I. Farmer (1872-1942), was an art dealer in New York City for twenty-nine years. His galleries at 5 West Fifty-Sixth Street and the 16 East Fifty-Sixth Street offered a variety of Chinese works of art as well as European antiques. He is remembered best for mounting fine Chinese porcelains and jades into decorative lamps and desk accessories.
Designer: Edward I. Farmer
Maker: Edward I. Farmer
Circa: 1930’s
Dimensions: 5.25" H x 5" W, Base: 3.63" D
Weight: 1,213g
Country of Origin: New York, USA
INV. #: C24023