Lignum Vitae Pouce Pot
Stock No
5362
2015
- £425.00
- €495 Euro
- $538 US Dollar
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Item Description
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
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London, London
Period
18th Century & Earlier
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Location
London, London
Item Location
United Kingdom
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