TWO METAL INK-WELLS, each of rounded rectangular shape beside an oblong rectangular globular ink-pot and lid, the lid applied with two sword-shaped hinges (one ink-well restored), 18th Century

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TWO METAL INK-WELLS, each of rounded rectangular shape beside an oblong rectangular globular ink-pot and lid, the lid applied with two sword-shaped hinges (one ink-well restored), 18th Century
24cm. and 26cm. long (2)

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Similar ink-wells were used by the travellers in Asia in the 18th Century. Samuel van der Putte, a well known Dutch traveller born in Vlissingen in 1690 used a similar ink-well and sketched the object on one of his letters.

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