Inkwell
date: label: date made
content: 1850 - 1870
notes: label: Description
content: Bell-shaped inkwell with molded base having a low-domed lid with ovoid finial on three-knuckle hinge and inset flat bottom; shoulder pierced with four holes for holding quills. Contains a tapered cylindrical, cobalt blue-glazed earthenware insert or liner for ink. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
topic: label: Subject
content: Commercial Furnishings
label: Subject
content: writing implements
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Alma R. Duckworth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.300859.0025
label: catalog number
content: 300859.0025
label: accession number
content: 300859
objectType: label: Object Name
content: inkwell
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (inkwell material)
label: Physical Description
content: earthenware, lead-glazed (insert material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 7.9375 cm x 8.5725 cm