Be an Object Detective – can you guess what today’s Mystery Object is?
Here are some questions to answer about the object:
Looking at these objects, can you guess what materials they are made of?
What do you think these objects were used for?
Do we use any objects like this today?
Yesterday’s Mystery Object was an Ink Blotter.
It is made of wood and it is decorated with leather. On the curved bottom is some blotter paper. When fountain pens were used, the ink would take a long time to dry. In order to soak up the extra ink, a blotter would be pressed onto the page. The blotter paper on the bottom was a very soft paper and would soak up the excess ink.