Ink pot stand
Category
Education objects
Date
circa 1800 - circa 1899
Materials
Wood, metal, ceramic and plastic
Measurements
Stand - 740 mm (length); 237 mm (width); 35 mm (height), Each ink pot (min) - 33 mm (height); 43 mm (diameter), Each ink pot (max) - 38 mm (height); 44 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
England
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665351
Summary
A black painted 19th century wooden inkpot stand with metal handles at either end. It is pierced with forty circular holes of which twenty-seven are holding ink pots. There are twenty-three blue and white ceramic inkpots; two cream plastic ink pots; one black plastic ink pot and one brown plastic ink pot. Total number of items is 28.
Provenance
'Derbyshire Museum Service History of Education Collection' - a collection established by Derbyshire Museum Service (through gifts from individuals, Derbyshire schools and purchases) in the 1940s and stored at Sudbury Hall from the early 1970s to 2012. The National Trust managed the collection between 1991 and 2012 when legal ownership was transferred from Derbyshire County Council to the National Trust. Archival records information - "The collection was established as a result of isolated gifts in the 1940's, and the 'savings' of certain school records (now passed to County Records) during wartime paper salvage." "During the 1950s it was L.E.A. practice to hold an Easter Course for teachers, and the County (Derbyshire) Museum arranged a special exhibition for teach course. As by the mid 1950s quite a collection had already accumulated, it was decided to produce an exhibition on the history of education with special reference to Derbyshire. Consequently, further material was purchased, from which items were selected. The exhibition was subsequently shown at a number of centres, and after disbandment, additions continued to be made with the aim of eventually producing a reconstructed classroom as a base for research. The Derby Bishop Lonsdale College of Education has frequently made use of the collection in various ways."
Marks and inscriptions
On the rim of nine of the blue ceramic inkpots: 'GEE. WALKER AND SLATER LTD. DERBY DESKS' On the rim of a blue ink pot: 'FISHER'S WEST [BROMWICH] [inferred as other items of school furniture in the school room are made by Fisher's of West Bromwich].' On the base of the cream plastic ink pots: 'MADE IN ENGLAND/ NULITE' On the base of the black plastic ink pot: 'ASHDOWNS/ MADE/ IN ENGLAND' On the base of the brown plastic ink pot: 'MADE IN ENGLAND/ PAT/ 398131'