(ebb) From time to time on this site and on the page entitled: Emmett and Marjorie Baker's Web Page, we make mention of the book by William Covill, Jr. This is an illustration of the book. It is eagerly sought after by collectors of ink bottles and inkwells. It is only available on the secondary market.

(ebb) A pair of Rockingham glazed inkwells. The one on the left (C-1597) is a sleeping boy. The one on the right (C-1598) is a sleeping girl. It is probable that these were made by the Larkin Bros. of Newell, West Virginia.

(ebb) The inkwells on the left (C-1172) and right (C-1173) are geometrics or blown-three mold inkwells and are attributable to the Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. These also come in color. The milk-glass inkwell has vertical ribs. One small hole shows that the ribbing is hollow and how that was accomplished is not known. All are scarce to rare. The inkwell in the center (C-1394) is in the 'thousand-eye' pressed glass pattern (c 1874-1890). Various colors have been recorded.

AMBER CONE INK

Cone ink bottle similar to (C-23). This has a pontil mark. Cone inks with pontils are not common. Known colors are: amber, aqua, blue, blue green, clear, emerald green, medium green, olive amber and sapphire blue. Those made by bottle machine (ABM) are found in aqua, clear and cobalt.

(ebb)This photo shows the bottom of a Stoddard cone ink (C-18 & 19). The embossed "X" is clearly shown.

(ebb) This is a paper ink bottle by the L.H. Thomas Co. It has a wooden stopper. The label is colorful and says, in part, THOMAS' BLACK INK. It shows patent dates of Oct. 16, 1883 and Dec. 8, 1885. Other parts of the label extoll the type of ink. There is a similar bottle marked THOMAS BLACK SCHOOL INK. Ed Faulkner, of Virginia, reports patents show that the Thomas Ink Co. patented bottles and then gave rights to other companies. Oher paper ink bottles have been reported with the names of: Carters; Palmer and the William Ink Co. of Richmond, VA. A paper bottle is rare, especially in good condition.

This is a trade card of the Maynard and Noyes Co. of Boston, MA. It depicts a master ink bottle advertising the firms Black Writing Ink. Ink company trade cards are not easily found and this one is rare.

(ebb) White porcelain ink bottles embossed "CARTER'S INX" on the reverse. Stamped on the bottoms, "MADE IN GERMANY" and "PAT'D JAN. 6, 1914". These were patented by Charles H. Henkels of Phil. PA. Prior to WWI they were made in Germany and then in the USA. According to Revi in his book: "American Pressed Glass & Figure Bottles", a Mr. W. T. Chapman of the Carter's Ink Co. of Boston, said that they had been produced in both glass and pottery. One of the inkwells was intended to hold blue-black ink and the other red. They were used to test advertising 1914-1916. The first ad appeared in the Saturday Evening Post on September 12, 1914. Ads contained a coupon to be mailed in with twenty-five cents for a pair of inkwells. Some 50,000 coupons were received. Several national magazines carried the ads.

(ebb)An advertising trade card of the Carter, Dinsmore & Co. of 1872 (their first year under this name). An interesting feature of this card is, that on the front, it states: "Entered by an Act of Congress in the year 1872 by Carter Bros. & Co.," etc, etc, etc. On the reverse it lists nine types of ink it was selling at the time: Carter's Combined Writing Ink; Record Ink; Violet Ink; Carmine Ink; Boudoir Ink; School Ink; Marking Ink; Blue Ink; and Red Ink. The firm was, at that time, located at 89 Broad St., Boston and 36 Dey St., New York. The Carters Ink Company was founded in 1858 as CARTERS INK. From 1872 to 1901 the company was known as CARTER, DINSMORE & CO. From 1901 the company was the CARTER INK CO.

(ebb) This is a two-tone (brown and white) one gallon jug. It is a bulk carrier.

The transfer on the Carter's gallon jub (above).

A one gallon Sanford's ink jug or bulk carrier with blue stenciling. Notice the small neck. The Sanford paste jar has a wide opening.

A one gallon Sanford's jar for paste. These jars never held ink. For a Sanford Ink container see the previous picture.

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