Eagle Ink Well
Unknown American, American
19th century
Brass with ceramic pots
Overall: 8 × 6 1/2 × 4 in. (20.3 × 16.5 × 10.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. William Dexter
M.965.90.13
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Decorative Object
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
In Italian on front?
Provenance
Collected by George Ticknor (1791-1871), Boston, Massachusetts, date unknown; to his daughter, Eliza (Mrs. William) Sullivan Ticknor Dexter (1833-1880), about 1871; to her son, Philip Dexter (1868-1934), about 1880; to his son, William Dexter (1897-1943), about 1934; to his wife, Constance Van Rensselaer Thayer Dexter (1900-1976), 1943; given to Dartmouth College, 1943; catalogued by present collection, 1965.
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