Inkwell Lid

Object/Artifact

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Patrick Henry's Red Hill

Name/Title

Inkwell Lid

Entry/Object ID

76.39b

Description

Brass top to crystal ink well. Smooth and round in shape,

Collection

Patrick & Dorothea Henry Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1765 - 1800

Time Period

18th Century

Dimensions

Height

1/2 in

Diameter

1-1/2 in

Material

Brass

Provenance

Notes

This crystal inkwell was said to have belonged to Patrick Henry by his great great-granddaughter Margaret Henry Ottarson (1911-1981). No other documentation is available from the original accession file. Mrs. Ottarson donated the inkwell and top to the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation on December 5, 1957.