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In 18th-century Europe, inkstands were used to organize and display writing implements. Inkstands were the principal form of decorative object that one would see on a writing desk. The components of a stand-a tray and various containers for ink and other necessities-were often assembled by marchands merciers (sellers of luxury goods), combining attractive items from their stock or responding to orders from their clients. We do not know who the original owner of this stand might have been, but we know that he or she wished to write letters under the gaze of Eros, the god of love.
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