Inkstand
1994/2630/1-3
1750-1800 / Metal / Metalwork / Ministers, Preachers & Associates / Other
Tin
1770-80
This unusual inkstand belonged to John Fletcher (1729-85). Fletcher, born in Switzerland as Jean Guillaume de la Fléchère, was of Huguenot ancestry. He was a friend of John Wesley and became one of Methodism's most important early theologians. Appropriately, the inkstand, which includes an inkwell and a vessel for blotting sand, is in the shape of two books with spines on opposite edges. A label from the early 1900s is still kept inside.
1770-80
This unusual inkstand belonged to John Fletcher (1729-85). Fletcher, born in Switzerland as Jean Guillaume de la Fléchère, was of Huguenot ancestry. He was a friend of John Wesley and became one of Methodism's most important early theologians. Appropriately, the inkstand, which includes an inkwell and a vessel for blotting sand, is in the shape of two books with spines on opposite edges. A label from the early 1900s is still kept inside.
