Inkwell
Inkwell
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- Description
- Capstan or loggerhead type inkwell with truncated conical body having a flared collar above a flat top with central circular opening covered by a rounded lid on three-knuckle hinge surrounded by five holes for holding quills; flat bottom. Pairs of grooves on lid and body. Blue-gray in color. Contains a tapered cylindrical, glazed whiteware insert or liner with cyma-molded top for ink. No marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- inkwell
- date made
- 1850 - 1965
- place made
- United Kingdom: England
- place used
- United Kingdom: Great Britain
- Physical Description
- pewter (inkwell material)
- iron (hinge pin material)
- earthenware, lead-glazed (insert material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 5.3975 cm x 8.89 cm
- ID Number
- DL.313925.0001
- catalog number
- 313925.0001
- accession number
- 313925
- Credit Line
- Gift of John Carl Thomas
- subject
- Commercial Furnishings
- writing implements
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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