Square, colorless glass travelling inkwell with cut glass decoration on top and metal hinged cover.
inkwells
glass (material)
Container, Writing Equipment
Inkwell
Inkwell
"Travelling / ink stand / Belonged to Frank / Bakewell James / who probably / used it during / the Civil War" (Written in pencil on tape attached to base)
Unknown
2 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Margaret Jewell
1933.17
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