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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 1029638, member: 56&quot;]I bought this inkwell broken.&nbsp; It was excruciatingly expensive by my lights, but less than a quarter the cost of one in perfect nick.&nbsp; There&#039;s a mother to go with the baby, but I don&#039;t expect to find one ever for a price I could pay (one currently available on eBay).&nbsp; Both seem to be the same size, and the bottoms are probably interchangeable; there&#039;s a bottom currently available (also on eBay) for more than this cost me.&nbsp; Frequently, the mother has &quot;Votes for Women&quot; impressed on her apron (not always on the mother, and much less common on the baby). They were designed by Leslie Harradine c1909 with an anti-suffragette sensibility, though I don&#039;t know if that was intended from the get-go.&nbsp;&nbsp; There seem to be lots of variation in colors and incised lines, etc., from piece to piece.&nbsp; They&#039;re about 3 1/4&quot; high.&nbsp; Wanted one for years... ever since I came across them online.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]207775[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]207776[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]207777[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s the hinge that&#039;s broken.&nbsp; Both the pin lugs on the body are gone.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]207779[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There are no other damages, and the underside of the head has a recessed ring, so it fits down over top of the bottom and is relatively secure.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]207780[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom is surprisingly recessed, so it holds a lot less ink than you might expect.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]207781[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The marks.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]207782[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Please don&#039;t burst my bubble.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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