Baroque Faience Inkstand
18th century works of art Crailsheim faience inkstand ca. 1770 with hunting decor in highfired colours
sides of inkstand 
with hounds 
colourful hunting scene with hound chasing rabbit above a fox
Hiding fox in the middle
The inkstand can be attributed to the period of Johann Georg Weiss the Elder. A Crailsheim Hunting Tankard of the same period is shown in following article:
Stadtmuseum Crailsheim
In 18th century the faience factury in Crailsheim (1720 – 1827) produced high-quality works of art, that are on display in important museums and are sought after by collectors. The Crailsheim Municipal Museum holds a collection of ca. 300 faiences that includes examples of almost the entire spectrum of Crailsheim production eras. The faiences are presented in the artistic, cultural and economic context of their time of origin.
Die Sammlung Friedrich Soennecken – Schreibgarnituren aus dem 16. bis 20. Jahrhundert
The Friedrich Soenecken collection of inkstands with 600 objects from 16th to 20th century.
Die Sammlung Soennecken ist die größte bekannte Kollektion mit über 600 Schreibzeugen. Diese bedeutende Sammlung wurde dem Museumsdorf Cloppenburg 1990 als Dauerleihgabe von der Stiftung Kunst und Kultur der Landessparkasse zu Oldenburg überlassen.
