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		from our collections

		Here are just some of the items currently in our collections, which will be on display once the museum has been established. To find out more about a particular item, click on its image. Inkwells. One piece of writing equipment that has changed little over three thousand years. The Romans had a word for it. And this is what they wrote it on. A bronze four-finned pen. Medieval. From the River Fleet, London. Seals. The sort that make an impression, but not the fish-eating variety. The Bion 'plume-sans-fin'. The fountain pen of the early eighteenth century. The modern fountain pen. If Monsieur Bion only knew what he had started! Bronze Penner. 1787. Sheffield U.K. Thomas Sprat. The bishop of Rochester whose moral stand caused confusion. George Augustus Selwyn. Georgian Wit and leader of fashionable Society who loved an execution. Philip Poole A Boon and a Blessing to the world of pen nibs and writing equipment.
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