Vintage Victorian Brass Desktop Ink Well
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Inkwells are as old as the written word. The first inkwells were probably just fist-sized stones with depressions in them, offering scribes a natural container in which to mix powdered pigments with various types of solvents for their quills and other primitive dipping pens. As the art of writing advanced, soapstone, onyx, and marble were cut and carved into elaborate vessels for ink. Ceramics, glass, metal, shell, plastics, and even wood have all been pressed into service as inkwells. [WOO 270]
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Vintage Victorian Brass Desktop Ink Well
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