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| My reaction to the latest technologies...........Oh! to be so smart. |
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| (ebb) This is a graniteware, Phrenology Head, inkwell (C-1602). It is impressed "BY F. BRIDGES, PHRENOLOGIST". Made in Bennington, VT. c1850-1859. It is rare. Beware of reproductions. |
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| (ebb) This is a grouping of pottery inkwells. The 'face' on the left and the shoes are probably English. The 'bears face' (C-1589), on the right, has Rockingham glaze and was made in Bennington, VT. c1853-1858. |
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| (ebb) A pair of shoe inkwells, probably English. They are made of pottery in cobalt blue and white with gold decoration. |
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| (ebb) This is a shoe ink bottle (C-725). Shoe shaped ink bottles are not common. The period of manufacture was 1870-1890. Shoe inks never have a pontil and the neck is always vertical from the heel. The shoe or slipper bottles with the neck at the toe are cologne bottles. |
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This is NOT an ink bottle. It is a cologne bottle. It comes pontiled or un-pontiled. The pontiled example is more decorated than the un-pontiled variety. All 'shoe-type' ink bottles have the neck vertical from the heel. (see Covill #725-728). No shoe ink bottles are pontiled.
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| (ebb) This is a stoneware inkwell, 1 3/8" H x 3 3/8" D. It has a center hole and three quill holes. It is two-tone (tan and blue). There are two initials and the date 1896 written on the side. The top is decorated with handpainted flowers. |
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| (ebb) This photo shows a broken pontil mark on the bottom of an aqua umbrella ink. Iron pontil marks can also be found on umbrella inks. The use of a snap case did away with pontil marks. |
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| A reverse 'N' on an aqua ink bottle. Reverse 'N's" are not unique but were a mistake in the mold. They add value to the bottle. Sometimes numbers are backward such as the number 99. |
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| This bottle (C-648) is a domed, with off-set neck ink. These were in use from about 1865 until 1895. They were produced mostly in aqua but also came in clear, amber, blue, blue-green and yellow-green. Those in blue and yellow-green are scarce. They were never originally produced in amethyst. About 1960 Charles B. Gardner, an ardent bottle collector, and owner of this bottle's original mold, had the Clevenger Brothers of Clayton, N.J. produce a small amount of these inks in amethyst for a few friends. Locations unknown. **SEE NOTE BELOW. |
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**NOTE: For several years certain persons have been 'irradiating' clear bottles which turns them a nice purple or amethyst color. This is being done primarily to add value to an otherwise common bottle which by itself has no real value. BUYER BEWARE! |
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