Ink well
An ink well from the trading firm A. Magnus & Co, located at Magasinsgatan 24, Gothenburg. The ink well was manufactured in the 1870s in the Neo-Renaissance style. It measures 18.5 cm in length and 10 cm in height. The ink well consists of a rectangular block of wood with two holes, containing two cylindrical ink wells made of pressed glass with ribbed patterns. One is made of clear glass while the other is blue-colored. The rectangular block is primarily wood-colored, but the top is heavily stained with ink spills. The two holes are covered by round lids made of brass sheet. These lids are ornate and attached with hinges to the block. The corners of the ink well feature decorative brass fittings.
One long side has two small plaques indicating “Buch-T” and “Kopie-T,” which stand for book ink and copy ink, respectively. The manufacturer of the ink well is F. Soennecken’s Patent, Germany. The ink well was acquired by the City Museum in November 1974 as a gift from the merchants Einar and Leif Henriques, Gothenburg.
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