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Combined inkwell and penholder

Patent drawing showing an ink-well with brackets connected via a curved rubber tube to a penholder whose handle has a sliding sleeve with finger recesses, alongside a hand holding the pen and detail views of the tubular cap and sleeve.

COMBINED INK-WELL AND PENHOLDER.William B. North · July 13, 1897

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