He is depicted with books, papers, globe, pen and inkstand in a sumptuous domestic bureau.
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Baldwin Hamey's inkstand bell and William Harvey's demonstration rod are two of the pieces that survive.
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He beheld his favorite thrown forward across a table, from which an overturned inkstand dripped its contents, unnoticed, to the floor.
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Hill hit Yancey in the head with a glass inkstand on the floor of the Senate, but in the ensuing investigation it was Yancey, not Hill, who was censured.
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After four years of research and restoration, the study will open Saturday, featuring about 60 objects on exhibit, from his inkstand to his money scale to his fan coral specimen.
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Inkwell: a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped
A tray or stand for writing implements and containers for ink
An inkstand is a stand or tray used to house writing instruments, with a tightly-capped inkwell and a sand shaker for rapid drying. A penwiper would often be included, and from the mid-nineteenth century, a compartment for steel nibs, which replaced quill pens. ...
Empty ink-stands denote that you will narrowly escape public denunciation for some supposed injustice. To see them filled with ink, if you are not cautious, enemies will succeed in calumniation.