Name/Title
Inkwell LidEntry/Object ID
76.39bDescription
Brass top to crystal ink well. Smooth and round in shape,Collection
Patrick & Dorothea Henry CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1765 - 1800Time Period
18th CenturyDimensions
Height
1/2 inDiameter
1-1/2 inProvenance
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.