Pen Box with Inkwell

ca. 1300 (Medieval)

25.4 cm 3 cm 4.1 cm

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This box once contained a pen and, in the lower compartment, a wad of wool soaked with ink. It was carried on the owner's belt and must have belonged to a statesman, since its side is inscribed with the maxim: "Your government shall rise without declining, if it has as its bas...

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13800
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Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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