Manuscript Studies
Dorothy K. Coveney Collection item list
Compiled by Alan Cole, July 2007
BOX 1
1.a. Travelling double inkwell - brass - 19thC - with nib wiper.
1.b. Glass inkwell with brass lid chained to brass? stand with floral painted tray for nibs, wax etc.- stand of two entwined serpents. 19thC
1.c Crown Staffordshire octagonal porcelain inkwell with enamelled floral panels (cracked) 19thC - porcelain liner - maybe missing lid.
1.d. Glass machine-cut square inkwell with brass lid and screw locking 19thC
1.e. Pottery twin inkwell - 19thC - with painted Crown, fleur-de-lys and arms and insignia of Henri lV – marked ‘Mauland Herré Pau 671’ - lid with painted coiled serpents.
1.f. Blue and gilt porcelain inkwell and tray with liner and lid - 19thC - marked ‘Malting Newcastle-on-Tyne Made in England’.
1.g. Souvenir travelling inkwell in form of tree trunk Austria - 19thC - lid with circular inset marked ‘Faulhorn’ (mountain).
1.h. Triangular pottery inkwell and lid - Austria/Germany - 19thC - painted decoration - marked ‘Y.H. Zell a/m’.
1.i. Round brass travelling inkwell - 19thC - loose painted floral inset in lid.
1.j. Rectangular (rounded corners) brass travelling inkwell - 19thC
BOX 2
2.a. Manila envelope containing five uncut turkey quills; three uncut turkey quills in manila envelope marked 1978-9; 4 uncut goose quills in manila envelope marked 1978-9; 30 turkey/goose quills; two cut and broken goose quills.
2.b. Fragment papyrus - Coptic? - between glass and mounted 6thC AD?
2.c. Sliding silver Victorian propelling pencil and pen - onyx? seal end – Birmingham hallmark - 19thC.
2.d. Small sliding silver pencil - Birmingham hallmark 19thC.
2.e. Small white metal pull-out pencil - 19thC.
2.f. Roman British bronze stylus - with label ‘excavated London 1950’.
2.g. Broken Chinese ink-stick
2.h. Isle of Wight ‘Alum Bay’ sand souvenir penholder and nib - late 19thC/early20thC.
2.i. Brass pen and penholder from a desk set - 19thC - scroll decorated handles.
2.j. Mabie Todd ‘Swan Safety Propelling’ eyedropper fountain pen - screw action - 19thC
2.k. Modern Chinese paint/calligraphy brush - bamboo.
2.l. Set Chinese stationery - paper and envelopes - 20thC
2.m. Four facsimile manuscript cards.
BOX 3
3.1. Manilla Box containing:
3.1.a Yatate - Japanese - 19thC - brass/bronze? - inkpot with Japanese writing characters top and bottom – pen holder with Japanese writing characters top and bottom – open work sides.
3.1.b. Yatate - Japanese - 19thC - brass - cylindrical pen holder with entwined, bearded serpents - inkpot with four panels decorated with flora and fauna.
3.1.c Qalandan - Indian/Arabic - 19thC - brass - octagonal pencase panelled with writing characters on base and human and fauna on top - inkpot with scalloped hinged lid containing original flax and carbon ink.
3.1.d. Qalandan - Indian/Arabic - 19thC - brass - octagonal pencase panelled with writing characters on base – inkpot with scalloped hinged lid.
3.1.e. Qalandan - Indian/Arabic? - 19thC - brass - rounded rectagonal pencase with appliqué flowers and figures of winged seraph? supported by lotus? flowers geometrically interspersed with blue beads - base with central lotus? flower.
3.2. Loose items:
3.2.a. Pewter Capstan Inwell and glass liner 19thC.
3.2.b. ‘Truncated lighthouse’ glass inkwell on circular base with two integral indented pen slots - brass lid and lock.
