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Here you have photographs of objects of the museum until now used to illustrate our little story of the script and the post office; these photographs are protected by copyright and cannot be reproduced.

Horn (brass, 18th century), banner of postilion and applied ornament forming a horn for mailbox, © Musée Postes restantes

Foreground, from left to right : tiny travel inkwell, school bakelite inkwell, double removable inkwells with their enamelled earthenware stand.
At the top on the left : inkwell with 2 small pots, a central nib towel and 4 hooks for the dip pens; in front of  the left pot, mention "FIXE", in front of  the right pot mention "A COPIER". On the right : pewter travel inkwell. © Musée Postes restantes

Scrapers, 19th century, © Musée Postes restantes

Foreground, in the pliers : Roman stylus, © Musée Postes restantes

At the top :  Quill cutter, steel 7,5 cm, 19th century.
Under, on the right : Quill cutter, 12,5 cm, ebony, steel and brass strap, 19th century.  On the left, detail of the previous object: the tool to cut fixed under the brass strap, © Musée Postes restantes