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Posted 2 years ago
MikeThomas
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My grandfather's travelling six-colour inkwell set. He obviously used the Yellow and Green a lot as the bottle tops are a bit chipped but otherwise they are in great working order! I've never seen another such set - plenty of individual bottles - but these are obviously made as a set as they are manufacturer-inscribed with the colours.
I guess these are WW1 era as he was born in 1888 and travelled with WHite Star as accountant (shipping clerk?) on the Olympic (sister ship to the Titanic).
It would be great if anyone has any further information on when and how many of these were made.
InkwellsInkwells are as old as the written word. The first inkwells were probably j…
A further thought - it could be that (say) Black and Blue bottles have been moved to the Green and Yellow holders if they had been well-used and chipped...perhaps the Green and Yellow were not used at all!
Hi, Mike! I am now doing the catalogue for one collector who ownes one of such inkwells. And it is hard to find some info about it so far. You can take a look here:
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/40183-de-la-rue-ransomes-patent-inkwell
This is fantastic MikeThomas. I would build a cabinet around this, just to show it off. Seriously, WOW.
Happy Holidays!