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Culture:American (probably)
Title:inkwell
Date Made:19th century
Type:Written Communication Tool
Materials:ceramic: salt-glazed stoneware
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts (possibly)
Accession Number:  HD 81.004
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. Robert W. McGlynn
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Cone-shaped stoneware inkwell formerly owned by Mrs. Gertrude Cochrane Smith (1875-1956) of Deerfield (David Dickinson House). She gave the inkwell to Barney and Ida Frances Williams who were once on the faculty of Deerfield Academy. They in turn gave it to Robert McGlynn of the DA faculty, who gave it to HD. An essential component of all desks and writing sets, the inkwell needed fit on the stand, desk or writing surface, and be sturdy enough to withstand occasional jolts and jostles administered by the writer.

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