Object number
64/235
Description
Non-spilling ink bottle, which hung from lapel of market checker's coat to aid tallying-up of hay carts. Common at markets Aldgate, Whitechapel.
This is a type of non-spilling ink bottle, which was hung from lapel of market checker's coat to aid tallying-up of hay carts pulled in by horses. These were apparentlty common at the markets at Aldgate, Whitechapel, London.
Physical description
1 ink bottle with stopper: glass; cork
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue’ form - ‘INK BOTTLE // Personal-Use-Writing // 64/235 // A. E. Blackwell, Esq., ‘Lerina’, Instow, Bideford, Devon // See letter attached // [pencil sketch]’
Production date
1890-01-01
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