Victorian Travelling Inkwell in Colchester

£80

Rory 

Posting for 10+ years

Colchester

£80

Ad ID: 33257029

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Description:

Victorian Travelling Inkwell

This is a fine example of a 1900-1920s Austrian inkwell
Probably used by all ships compliment to Wright home to there loved ones
And probably lent out by the radio room or ships stores.
The push button works brilliantly to open the outer lid revealing
The inner inkwell bottle lid with the anchor and serpent witch denotes
that it was used by the navel service.
It has a little switch (not common) on the right to open the bottle lid.
This has the marks PRIV and an Austrian double headed eagle coat of arms on it.
When this is opened it reveals a small glass ink bottle witch when the lid is closed
Secures the ink inside.
The glass bottle is original and has had to be cleaned to check for damage.

This inkwell is not Russian, polish Czechoslovakian or any other nationality
because has none of the European country had these markings or coat of arms.