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Inkstands .2a,b and .3a,b
Traveling Inkstands and Original Box
Inkstands .2a,b and .3a,b

Traveling Inkstands and Original Box

Manufacturer (American, 1830s - late 19th century)
Date1870s-1880s
MediumInstands: Rosewood and glass. Box: Paper.
DimensionsComponent (height x width x depth of box): 2 3/16 x 4 3/4 x 6in. (5.6 x 12.1 x 15.2cm)
Component (height x diameter of inkstands): 2 1/16 x 1 7/8in. (5.2 x 4.8cm)
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionSet of twelve rosewood inkstands shaped like barrels in the orinal two-piece box. Two of the inkstands are missing, and a third has been replaced with a barrel shaped object made with a yellow wood. Seven of the inkstands are still sealed in paper; torn paper still remains with the other inkstands. One end of each inkstand barrel unscrews, revealing a glass reservoir inside the barrel to hold ink.

The paper box is covered in white paper with a pale blue pattern. Only the portion of the box bottom that was covered by the lid retains the original color; the rest of the box has faded and discolored to a light brown. There is a green paper label affixed to one short end of the box bottom. The label reads, "1 Doz. No. 2/ ROSEWOOD/ Barrel Traveling Inkstands,/ WITH SCREW,/ MANUFACTURED BY/ S. SILLIMAN & CO./ CHESTER CONN."
Object number2006.46.1.1a,b-.11a,b
On View
Not on view
Inkstand
Unknown
1760-1780
Inkstand
Unknown
1800-1850
Inkstand
Unknown
1785-1790
Stamp .2a,b and .4a,b
S. Silliman & Co.
1870s-1880s
Gift of Newton C. Brainard, 1962.28.3  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Connecticut Hi…
Prudence Punderson
1776-1780
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1840.37.0  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society…
Joseph Steward
late 18th-early 19th century
Gift of the family of Mrs. Abigal Hubbard, 1864.1.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History,…
William Johnston
1740-1772
Gift of J. Evarts Green, 1900.2.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyrigh…
William Johnston
Gift of Newton C. Brainard, 1962.28.3j  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth. © 2009 The Connecticut Hi…
Prudence Punderson
1776-1780
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1995.46.0a-b, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History c…
A. C. Gilbert Co.
c. 1923
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G. Fox and Co.
1866
Knife Box
William Rogers Manufacturing Company
1873-1898