I loved my school days, one of the few that didn't need telling at the time how good they are. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
We had inkwells in the desk but no quill pens by the time I went to school though I did have a Parker pen that sucked up the ink before the introduction of cartridges...I liked writing with a Parker pen
The quill was in jest. They still had inkwells in that were used at one time for dipping those nibs in which were on the end of a piece of wood. Same here with Parker pens. Used to write a lot neater with them than ball point pens in later years.
Our desks had ink wells, the ones with the sliding brass covers and removable porcelain pot inside but they'd been long dry by then. They did double as ash trays on occasions. More for novelty than anything regular, but we did have lessons with those nibs on sticks, but I think they stopped when they realised they were getting used for home made tattoos.
