Collection Highlights
"In relation to Foreign Nations." Draft of Federalist #64
Date:
ca. 1788
Object Number:
MSS.JohnJayPapers.1
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Ink bottle
Object Number:
Z.544
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 11.1 x 4.1 cm )
Marks:
printed: in black in label: "[NOR]WALK IMP[R]OVED/ UNCHANGEABLE/ INK/ A new preparation believed to be superior to any now in use. It has no action on metalic pens and is not impaired by age/ Prepared by W. E. BISSEL Ir [sic], Norwalk Con."
Description:
Aquamarine lead glass ink bottle; cylindrical form with shoulders and cylindrical neck with flange lip; paper label affixed to bottle inscribed "UNCHANGEABLE BLUE WRITING/ INK..."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
