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Ink Pot (lid)
Ink Pot (lid)
c. 1425–1450
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Leather
Sundry Purchase Fund 1967.140.b
Location
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Description
Intended for use on the writing table, this is the lid to an ink pot that was used with a dip pen or quill. It may have belonged to a professional scribe or scholar, or perhaps to a wealthy layperson. The leather is embellished by tooling, embossing (pressing), and punching.
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