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A) Rectangular, painted, tin-plated stand divided into four sections (three small and one entire length); gallery-type sides and dividing walls with pierced design; four pewter paw-shaped feet; B, C) Cube-shaped colorless glass bottles capped with circular brass tops, shaped to fit into back sections of stand.
inkstands
brass (alloy)
glass (material)
iron (metal)
pewter (tin alloy)
Container, Writing Equipment
Holder, Writing Equipment
Holder, Pen
Holder, Pen
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
1977.538ABC
Unknown
5 3/4 x 2 x 3 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.538A-C
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