# Inkstand with the coats of arms of Leiden, Delft and William III

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 1670 - c. 1680
- Medium: earthenware, tin glaze, faience, silver (metal)
- Classification: inkstand
- Dimensions: height 15 cm x width 21.5 cm
- Credit line: Gift of the heirs of J.F. Loudon, The Hague
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-NM-12400-79--2aafd8f8571ea5dceb404641160854ef)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/Xasuz/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This inkstand was made for the Orangist Jan Knotter, a bargeman who was granted the right to navigate between Leiden and Delft in 1675. The arms of Leiden and Delft held up by lions, and the water landscape on the back allude to the barge service, and the inscription and the arms of William III to Knotter’s political loyalties.