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This portable pen case, or divit, has an inkwell on the exterior, at one end of the tubular arm that holds the pens. This example is characteristically Ottoman in its silver body and gold overlay with a tughra stamp of the imperial mint.
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Title: Pen Case and Inkwell
Date: first half 19th century
Geography: Attributed to Turkey
Medium: Gold, silver; partial gilded, probably cast
Dimensions:
Inkwell:
H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
W. 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm)
Case:
Gr. L. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
W. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Classification: Metal
Credit Line: Gift of Marilyn Jenkins, in memory of her father, Dr. Arthur M. Jenkins, 1982
Accession Number: 1982.478.6
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