12″ Colonial Wood Quill Pen Box w/ Accessories | Portable Writing Reproduction Set
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12″ Colonial Wood Quill Pen Box w/ Accessories | Portable Writing Reproduction Set
The 12″ Colonial Wood Quill Pen Box w/ Accessories is a portable writing set modeled after the kind of instrument box once used for travel, correspondence, and desk work when proper writing tools were expected to travel with the writer. More than period decoration, it provides a complete fitted set for display, reenactment, and occasional writing use, with the sort of orderly construction that makes a desk feel better run simply by having it there.
Made of teak and mango wood and finished with beeswax, the distressed box opens to fitted compartments holding an antique-style inkwell, a packet of black ink powder, and two quills—one black and one white—each fitted with stainless steel nibs. Antiqued brass hinges and lid latches complete the period look, giving the whole set the right balance of usefulness, age, and visual character without feeling overdone.
Its long, narrow form makes it especially well suited to desks, library tables, study shelves, and reenactment displays where historical writing tools belong. Kept closed on a shelf or opened as part of a period arrangement, it adds the kind of old working order that modern desk accessories rarely manage, try as they might.
What it’s for:
- Displaying a period-style portable writing set in a study, library, office, or historical interior
- Using for reenactment, historical demonstration, and occasional decorative correspondence work
- Gift giving for writers, collectors, history lovers, and anyone with a weakness for proper desk tools
Materials & Construction:
- Teak and mango wood box with beeswax finish
- Distressed Colonial-style reproduction construction
- Antiqued brass hinges and lid latches
- Fitted interior compartments for accessories
- Includes one antique-style inkwell, one packet of black ink powder, one black quill, and one white quill with stainless steel nibs
Specs:
- Dimensions: 13″ L x 4″ W x 3″ H
- Includes: portable storage box, inkwell, black ink powder, black quill, and white quill
Care & Display Notes:
- This is a new distressed antique reproduction; color and appearance variations are inherent and make each box slightly different
- Store in a dry place away from prolonged moisture and direct heat
- Inkwells are decorative reproductions and are not airtight; they may leak if tipped
- Best displayed on a desk, shelf, or writing table where the box and accessories can remain together
Pairs well with: wax seal kits, journals, letter openers, desk blotters, library references, and other period writing-table pieces.
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