Colonial Soapstone Inkwell with 4 quill holes DUG

November 29, 2016April 6, 2017 by thedowneastdigger, posted in Antiques, Uncategorized

I was excited to find this stone ink bottle behind a 1700s house dump! It has four holes on the corners as quill rests, plus the center hole for the ink. I love to picture what documents might have been signed with this one! img_20160927_154432663

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Paul McClure says:

November 29, 2016 at 4:34 pm

Nice find Bram!!

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1. hepburnandcoauctions says:
  
  April 17, 2017 at 3:57 am
  
  Thanks Paul, let’s meet up for a dig before it gets hot out
  
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Ginene Nagel says:

April 17, 2017 at 11:12 pm

This was a very interesting find!

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