Signedon base: THEO. ALTENEDER & SONS - PHILADELPHIA - / PATENTED NOV. 14, 1930
Inscribedon top of the box: 2952
on the left side of the box: INK STANDS
FunctionThis cast-iron, mechanical inkwell, invented and patented by Alteneder, automatically dips into an ink bottle and fills a drafting pen to a uniform volume.
ProvenanceLionel Spiro, Brookline, MA; Gift to CHSI, 2014.