Fine brass pots

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  1. Ratsy Brown

    Ratsy Brown Well-Known Member

    Hello

    I bought these small brass pots. Lovely quality with gilt interiors. No idea what they are used for.

    One has an internal cover in a hinge and leather lining, the other a removable cover. Any ideas?

    4.7cm height, 7cm base diameter.
    Thank you

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    Ratsy Brown, Mar 10, 2024
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  2. laura9797

    laura9797 Well-Known Member

    They are lovely! Wondering if they were inkwells?
     
    laura9797, Mar 10, 2024
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  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I was thinking the same thing.
     
    Any Jewelry, Mar 10, 2024
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  4. Houseful

    Houseful Well-Known Member

    I think inkwells too, likely had glass liners.
     
    Houseful, Mar 10, 2024
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  5. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    One may have been for sand...?
     
    wlwhittier, Mar 10, 2024
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  6. Houseful

    Houseful Well-Known Member

    Maybe the one with the leather lining?
     
    Houseful, Mar 10, 2024
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  7. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    High probable, if so at all. I suggest that as I seem to recall that, in the days of quill pens an' their use, sand was used to help 'dry' the ink on parchment or vellum...
     
    wlwhittier, Mar 10, 2024
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  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Maybe that one held sand, the other could have had a glass liner for ink.
     
    Any Jewelry, Mar 11, 2024
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  9. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    I go with ink well and sand shaker which someone removed to sell separately? Or maybe the ink well liner broke and they decided to take out the shaker.
     
    Bev aka thelmasstuff, Mar 14, 2024
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  10. Ratsy Brown

    Ratsy Brown Well-Known Member

    Thanks all for the replies, i wouldn’t have guessed inkwell.
     
    Ratsy Brown, Mar 15, 2024
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