Ink well
Selected because it exudes nostalgia and has a patent as a starting point.
Case number - AIBDC : 005043
Ink well with a screw top lid.
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| designer | Unkown - Wanted |
| Manufacturer | Criterion |
| Country | UK |
| Date | 1930-1960 (circa) - Wanted |
| Dimensions | height 30 mm, diameter 38 mm |
| Materials | plastic, PF, phenol formaldhyde, Bakelite |
| Method | compression moulded |
| Colour | brown |
| Inscription | Moulded: "CRITERION S&D 'EXCELITE' PAT 398131 MADE IN ENGLAND" (base) |
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Case notes
Ink well: Case AIBDC : 005043
The specifically 'wanted' information is who designed it and when but all information is useful.
Patentee: John Trough
14/04/14
Chief Agent Ian Holdsworth has come up trumps again: the GB patent number 398131 was filed by John Tough of Hockley, Birmingham, on May 2nd 1933 and entitled ‘Improvements in Inkwells’. To see the patent go to the evidence locker.
Is the patentee the designer? Can you substansiate this?
Case solved
Designer: John Tough (probably)
Date: 1933
Participating agents: Ian Holdsworth