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Inkwell

Description

Stoneware inkwell with blue glazed designs. Inscribed on top and bottom. Four small pen holes and one large central opening. Star ornamentation of glaze and flower and leaf motif along side of inkwell. The bottom is clear-glazed.

Date

1838

Materials

Ceramic

Dimensions

4 H x 4 W inches

Object ID

1986.53

Resource ID

11313

Notes

Inscription on the bottom reads, "P. Miller/ President fur die/ Sontag Schule Der-2 ten/ Deutschen-Luter ishen/ Kirche Baltimore/1838."

Credit Line

Gift of Miss M. Austin Fine in memory of her husband

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.