- Museum
- The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses
- Date
- 1910
- Title
Inkwell from Bell Rock Lighthouse
- Object Name
- Inkwell
- Description
Check out this 3D model of the inkwell.
A decorative brass inkwell and pen rest featuring a bust of Neptune, Roman God of the sea.
While the age of the object is unestablished, it was certainly used at the Bell Rock Lighthouse – some 12 miles off Arbroath – from at least 1910 until the station was modernised in 1963. It was kept in the station’s library which was located immediately below the lightroom.
Check out staff talking about the inkwell here.