WW2 British Stationary Office Inkwell With Bakelite Topped Hinged Lid

For sale are a WW2 British Stationary Office Inkwell With A Bakelite Topped Hinged Lid. This is in excellent condition, the lid is marked “Regd Design S Crown O Code 44-12”. The bottom of the glass inkwell also has a moulded in mark of “…… Series Crown SO”. 

  During the Second World War refillable fountain pens were still in their infancy, and most people writing in ink still used traditional dip pens where the nib was dipped into the ink bottle before writing to fill up the little ink reservoir in the nib before writing. This required regular refills as the nib could only hold enough ink for a few words, but was far cheaper and less likely to result in a damaged ink reservoir and a big mess than early fountain pens with rubber bladders. The Stationery Office supplied all the office supplies needed by Government services, including the military, and they were a conservative organisation that continued with traditional materials for many years so it is unsuprising that ink wells and dip pens were still in common use in World War II.    These will be sent via Royal Mail 1st class signed for and dispatched within two working days.