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The "Hold The Fort"
inkstand to the left was patented by Samuel Clark of Brooklyn, New
York in 1878. "Hold the Fort" is usually attributed to
William Techumseh Sherman in an 1864 communiqué, but Clark's
patent makes no mention of the origin of his choice of words.
The manufacturer of this inkstand is currently
unkown, but the fact that this inkstand is constructed in the
manner of many penny banks, using one bolt to hold the entire
structure together, suggests that one of the penny bank or iron
toy manufacturers made this inkstand. |
| The revolving inkstand to the
right was made by Perry & Co of London, England. Called the
"Patent Perryian Gravitating Inkstand", it shows a distinctly
different approach to revolving inkstands from the design pioneered
by the French and further developed in the New World. When
not in use, one rotates the octagonal reservoir dipping fount
up under the similarly shaped lip, and then slides the brass retainer
loop on the base back against the lower facit of the reservoir
to hold the reservoir in this closed position. In use, this process
is reversed, and the fount rests on the brass loop pulled forward. |
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