# Secretary

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 1780 - c. 1790
- Medium: stoneware, maple (wood), copper (metal), satinwood (wood), wood (plant material), rosewood (wood), velvet (fabric weave), blindhout, oak (wood)
- Classification: case furniture
- Dimensions: height 150.5 cm x width 90.5 cm x depth 41.5 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-1970-28--b3dd64ec10c1fa2f5c211801c5584246)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/waTlg/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Adult profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Many desks of this type, veneered with light-coloured woods, were made in the Netherlands. This example is unusual for its large plaquettes of jasperware, a fine-grained pottery that imitates carved stone. The plaquettes came from the factory of Josiah Wedgwood in England. Wedgwood stoneware was very popular in the Netherlands. Perhaps this secretary served as a showpiece for Wedgwood’s agent in Amsterdam.