Emancipation Proclamation Inkstand - 19th Century Heavily Chased Brass

Description

Any collectors of American history should look closely at this listing.

"In the summer of 1862 President Abraham Lincoln sat … more Any collectors of American history should look closely at this listing.

"In the summer of 1862 President Abraham Lincoln sat at a desk in the War Department telegraph office and with this inkstand began to draft a presidential order to free the enslaved people held in the Confederacy. While the act was limited in scope, it was revolutionary in impact. With emancipation and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment ending slavery in 1865, over four million Americans were no longer legally defined as someone’s property and, although their rights would be brutally contested, they became United States citizens." - National Museum of American History

This inkwell is an identical match to the one housed at the National Museum of American History. Featuring a heavy brass frame, chased body with phenomenal scrolling, figural motifs to inkwell bodies, dragon finials, two heavy handles and resting on four scrolled feet. less