. The Wedgwoods: being a life of Josiah Wedgwood; with notices of his works and their productions, memoirs of the Wedgwood and other families, and a history of the early potteries of Staffordshire. WEDGWOOD S INKSTANDS. 339 taken out; or on standing for a few hours, it will subside of itselfto E, especially if warmed a little before the plug is put in. The advantages of this inkstand are, that the form of the tubeD E, through which the pen is dipped, prevents the soiling of thepen and fingers; that the narrow end of this tube, below E, pre-. vents the pen from striking the bottom; that the ink
. The Wedgwoods: being a life of Josiah Wedgwood; with notices of his works and their productions, memoirs of the Wedgwood and other families, and a history of the early potteries of Staffordshire. WEDGWOOD S INKSTANDS. 339 taken out; or on standing for a few hours, it will subside of itselfto E, especially if warmed a little before the plug is put in. The advantages of this inkstand are, that the form of the tubeD E, through which the pen is dipped, prevents the soiling of thepen and fingers; that the narrow end of this tube, below E, pre-. vents the pen from striking the bottom; that the ink comes incontact with the air only in the small space E, by which means itis prevented from evaporating, gi-owing thick, and spoiling, as itdoes in all the common inkstands, where a large surface is unavoid-ably exposed to the air; that the sediment which the ink maydeposit on standing, will settle chiefly on the broad part of thebottom, under the main body of ink, not where the pen is dipped,as the ink is there in small quantity, and continually supplied withthe fine part from above ; that the vessel being made of the finecompost black basaltes, is neither corroded by the ink nor absorbsit, nor inj ares its colour, as the metals used for these pmposes do;and that it admits of being finished, in point of workmanship, withthe highest degree of accuracy. These inkstands are sold separately, as represented in the aboveplate, or with sand boxes, wafer boxes, &c., forming various kindsof useful and ornamental ecritoires, as well in th
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