Cylindrical, pewter inkwell with five pen or quill holes surrounding a removable blown glass ink jar covered by a hinged lid with small knop.
inkwells
pewter (tin alloy)
pewter (tin alloy)
tin (metal)
blown glass
Inkwell
"Ha" (Engraved)
Unknown
5 3/4 (H), 5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. E. Stuart Pratt
1969.475
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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