Ink Pot
1992/18/2
1750-1800 / Glass / Ministers, Preachers & Associates / Other / Sculpture / World Parish
Glass
c.1790-1810
This little ink pot is one of two and belonged to Thomas Coke (1747-1814). They were contained in his travelling writing desk or slope, an image of which is also in the Online Collection.
The writing implement, at this time either a quill or an early metal-nibbed pen, would have been dipped into the ink pot every few seconds when writing. A writer of many letters and much other material, the ink pot is a potent symbol of Coke's work.
c.1790-1810
This little ink pot is one of two and belonged to Thomas Coke (1747-1814). They were contained in his travelling writing desk or slope, an image of which is also in the Online Collection.
The writing implement, at this time either a quill or an early metal-nibbed pen, would have been dipped into the ink pot every few seconds when writing. A writer of many letters and much other material, the ink pot is a potent symbol of Coke's work.
