Inkwell
date: label: date made
content: ca 1750
notes: label: Description
content: This is an inkwell owned by the Copp Family of Stonington, Connecticut during the 19th century. The bottle has a well in the center for holding the tip of the quill pen. Examples of pens that were used in this ink bottle can be seen in DL*006512.02.
label: Description
content: The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Copp Collection
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Brenton Copp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.006520
label: catalog number
content: 6520
label: accession number
content: 28810
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle, ink
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: colonial (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 1 1/8 in; 5.08 cm x 2.8575 cm