Topic: Antique engraved inkwell

[Fuhrman Glass]

what is the dia. of the opening for the stopper? does it have a ground stopper?  It may not be an inkwell at all. possibly it could have contained another liquid and used on a dresser since it is so decorative. and that may explain why there is no evidence of ink in it. By the weight I suspect it may be lead glass as opposed to soda lime and also the lead glass would have been much easier to make this fine of cutting on as opposed to soda lime. Is any of the cutting polished? I couldn't see for certain on my computer? Or is it all "grey" cut?
 Just a lot of wild guesses.

[Ohio]

Well I made an assumption that when I saw the glass insert on the right of the 4th & last photo that it was the typical "well" for the ink, but I may be mistaken.

[mhgcgolfclub]

Thanks paul and Ken

Paul I think you could well be right that it may of had an inkstand which is now missing , quite possibly silver.

Ken it does still have its inkwell liner.

The diameter of the opening for the lid is 1" / 2.5cm the internal diameter for the inkwell is just over 0.5" / 1.5cm.

I would call it more of a lid rather than a stopper.

The engraving is all grey cut not polished.

Thanks for all you help Roy