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The Pic Dic lists "Ink Bottle" and gives variations "ink flask", "ink
horn", and "ink well" as well as "ink pot" (which it says is 'more
ornate and less portable than a standard ink bottle; it also says
'though a period artifact, its use a charge seems unique to Society
heraldry'.)<br>
I can't find anything to conflict with "Ink--- Herald" (whether Inkpot,
Inkwell, Inkflask, Inkhorn, Inkbottle).<br>
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Of the various names, 'inkhorn' is the only one that really appeals to
me at all.<br>
I found a few variant spellings for Inkhorn in the MED: inkehorn, <font
face="Times OE"><font face="Times OE">ynkhorn, </font></font><font
face="Times OE"><font face="Times OE">ynkorne, </font></font><font
face="Times OE"><font face="Times OE">incorne</font></font><font
face="Times OE"><font face="Times OE"> as well as inkhorn (the latter
dated ?c.1475, so it appears it may be a period spelling)</font></font>.
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Alicia<br>
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HL Anthony Hawke wrote:<br>
<blockquote cite="mid4BD47BA1.4090005@shaw.ca" type="cite">I've been
partial to inkpot or inkwell, provided that it can be proven as a
period object....
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