​ There's something about New England country inkwells - they are simple and utilitarian, but so beautiful in a way that the fancy city ones are not. Long before the invention of the pen the quill and inkwell were the writer's tools. There were really nice inkwells made in Philadelphia and New York, and lots imported form England at the time, but it's the home made ones, the ones made by the country craftsman that sing to me. The first one I ever bought, well, let's just sa