Vintage Desk Set with Blotter, Ink Pot and Letter Rack

A one-piece writing desk set on a rounded rectangular tray. At the back stands a letter rack with three graduated upright panels; in front of it are a small round ink pot and a blotter block with a knob handle, and a long pen groove runs along the front edge of the tray. Blotters were essential when writing with dip and fountain pens: a rocker blotter, whose curved base was rolled over fresh writing, soaked up excess ink before it could smudge. Matching desk sets with a blotter, inkwell and let…

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