Inkstand

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Inkstand

Entry/Object ID

1993.355

Description

EA: Two glass wells 1.625 inches x 1.5 inches, white metal lids on lever, black laquered iron base. LSK: Inkstand with two clear glass heavy wells. Stand is laquered black with a moveable component that, when a pen is placed in the curved element in front of the wells, the weight of the pen causes two white metal lids to close over the wells.

Made/Created

Date made

1870 - 1915

Notes

Creation Date: 1870-1915

Dimensions

Height

3-3/4 in

Width

6-1/8 in

Depth

4-1/4 in

Material

Iron, Glass, White Metal