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Inkwells
Anthropomorphic monkey inkwell in brown-patinated bronze
Monkey inkwell in brown-patinated bronze on a black marble base, executed in France in the mid-19th century: an anthropomorphic scene of a monkey dressed as an 18th-century bandit, at rest.
The bucket houses an inkwell and the bottle basket holds pen holders or a match holder.
This inkwell was executed with great finesse.
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Anthropomorphism is the attribution of the behavioural or morphological traits of humans to other entities such as gods, animals, objects, phenomena, or even ideas. The term dates from the mid-18th century. Examples notably include animals and plants. Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος / ánthrôpos (“man”, “humankind”), and μορφή / morphế (“form”). "anthropos" is not specifically Ancient Greek but has belonged to the Greek language from Homer to the present day; it is the most common word in Demotic Greek and means "human being", "man", and not "humankind".
