Stoneware ink pot
Brown stoneware ink pot with no stopper. Between the 1900s and
the 1960s, school-aged children would learn to write with pencil
before being allowed to graduate to using pen and ink to complete
their school and homework. Each child's desk would have an inkpot
set into a special carved hole, and would be filled up by an ink
monitor. The ink pot would normally sit at the top right of the
desk. This made writing quite the messy nuisance for children
who were allowed to continue writing left-handed, which was
generally discouraged until the later 20th century.
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East Ayrshire Council
