Inkwell
date: label: date made
content: 1850 - 1965
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: place used
content: United Kingdom: Great Britain
topic: label: Subject
content: Commercial Furnishings
label: Subject
content: Mail
label: Subject
content: writing implements
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Carl Thomas
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.313925.0001
label: catalog number
content: 313925.0001
label: accession number
content: 313925
objectType: label: Object Name
content: inkwell
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (inkwell material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (hinge pin material)
label: Physical Description
content: earthenware, lead-glazed (insert material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 5.3975 cm x 8.89 cm