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Pewter inkwell with attached tray. The base has two hollowed out rims and the inkwell was two rings around it. The top of the inkwell is fliptop with an attached hinge. On the base is the remenants of an old tag and also a small piece of tape with numbers on it.
inkwells
pewter (tin alloy)
Inkwell
"1020" (Written on a piece of tape attached to the base)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Unknown
3 x 1 3/4 (HxD), 7 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3083
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