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The uncommon linear triple revolving or "snail" inkstand on the left was made by the H.L.Judd Manufacturing Company of Brooklyn, New York and Wallingford, Connecticut in the 1880s.

The forward brass pen rack held two, or possibly three, pens. The cast iron base with the brass pen rack, and bottles suspended in iron semi-circular flanges or journals, are prime example of Judd's efforts to improve profitability by reuse of various design elements across multiple models. These design elements were used again and again by Judd in many different inkstand designs.
The double revolving instand or "snail" on the right is a later example of a design by Wolcott Hull of Meriden, Connecticut (circa 1879). This particular example is very rare, as this item is the only known example in the Wolcott Hull design line that uses the H.L.Judd (see above) style of glass reservoir "bottles" that also have the Hull stop tabs on them. The tabs are visible in the picture to the right as projections at the bottom of each of the reservoirs. Careful! Without the tabs, these reservoirs would not be the correct reservoirs for this base, and would instead be a recent composite or "marriage".
       
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