Inkstand
date: label: date made
content: late 18th c.
label: date made
content: 1800 - 1825
notes: label: Description
content: Small, rectangular, lift-top box with one full-width drawer at bottom front on four, vertically-seamed ball feet. Lid on seven-knuckle hinge along back opens to reveal three compartments: a narrow central opening flanked by two large squares, each holding a removable, tapered cylindrical inkwell or inkpot with round-cornered square faceplate having a central hole framed by concentric grooves and four smaller holes at corners for holding quills. Two small knobs on drawer. Made fairly thick pieces of sheet pewter, cut, bent and soldered together. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: place used
content: United States
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: Bequest of Dr. Joseph H. Kler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0027.83
label: accession number
content: 1986.0027
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0027.83
objectType: label: Object Name
content: inkstand
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 7/8 in x 6 7/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 9.8425 cm x 17.4625 cm x 8.89 cm