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There is a desk with an Arts and Crafts-era bronze envelope holder and inkwell, and a desk lamp from Bode Aujla’s home.
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Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
19 Feb. 2026
While investigating the crystallization rates of metal, Czochralski accidentally dipped his pen into a pot of molten tin instead of an inkwell.
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IEEE Spectrum,
10 Feb. 2026
In first grade, when a teacher called him a hick, Ciotti threw an inkwell at her.
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D. T. Max,
The New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2024
Now, even non-publishers could exchange chicken-scratch penmanship and sloppy inkwells for precise, easy-to-read type, speeding business, legal, medical and personal communications.
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Nick Yetto,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Sep. 2023
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Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
19 Feb. 2026
While investigating the crystallization rates of metal, Czochralski accidentally dipped his pen into a pot of molten tin instead of an inkwell.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
10 Feb. 2026
In first grade, when a teacher called him a hick, Ciotti threw an inkwell at her.
—
D. T. Max,
The New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2024
Now, even non-publishers could exchange chicken-scratch penmanship and sloppy inkwells for precise, easy-to-read type, speeding business, legal, medical and personal communications.
—
Nick Yetto,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Sep. 2023
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“Inkwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inkwell. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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inkwell
noun
ink·well
ˈiŋ-ˌkwel 
: a container for ink
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