Inkwell on Stand
date: label: date made
content: ca 1886
name: label: maker
content: Meriden Britannia Company
notes: label: Description
content: Square glass inkwell with beveled corners, faceted shoulders and an octagonal stopper that fits into a stand shaped as a circular, rigid, hand-held fan on four disc feet, the handle oxidized and fan gold washed. Stand has a central square opening and is chased with an asymmetrical Japanesque design featuring a diagonal wrigglework band of semicircles and a curving plant to right. Two cast moths or butterflies attached near handle form a pen holder. Stand underside is struck with an incuse circular mark containing a pointed shield with balanced scales above a crosslet, all bordered by "▪ MERIDEN ▪ / B. COMPANY" in sans serif letters; the number "30" is below.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Meriden
topic: label: Subject
content: Writing
label: Subject
content: writing implements
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0228.02
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0228.02
label: accession number
content: 1992.0228
objectType: label: Object Name
content: inkwell
label: Object Name
content: stand, inkwell
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (stand material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (gilt wash on stand material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (inkwell material)
label: Physical Description
content: electroplated (stand production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall, inkwell and lid: 2 1/2 in x 2 in x 2 in; 6.35 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, stand: 1 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 4 in; 2.8575 cm x 13.97 cm x 10.16 cm