Travelling inkwell
Category
Brassware
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Glass
Measurements
43 mm (Height); 45 mm (Length)
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884295
Summary
Travelling inkwell - Portable inkwell in brass case with hinged lid, the catch having become detached, belonging in a brown suede covered writing case initialled in gilt on lid A.V.A-R. (LAN.L.136)
Provenance
Probably acquired on transfer of the house to the National Trust, but as the case belonged to the Hon. Victor Agar-Robartes and there is no documention on it, the case might not have come into the house until after his death in 1974.