Inkwell

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Object Name: 
Inkwell
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
83.4.116
Dimensions: 
H: 6.3 cm, L: 18.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1871
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; pressed. Shape of a paddle-wheel steamer with a brick-like pattern on the exterior of the hull, "DANIEL/WEBSTER" under one wheel and "PATENTED/MARCH 11 (or 14) 1871" under other wheel. Waffled pattern in interior base between the two wells. Wells, fore and aft have attached metal collars with hinged lids which have a diving bell and anchor on top.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Douglas Auctioneers, Source
1983-09-16
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing

Publications (1)

American Pressed Glass and Figure Bottles (1964) p. 256, 261; BIB# 25300