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Ink bottle - 1/19/2012 7:40:43 PM    caza00   Posts: 6 Joined: 1/19/2012 Status: offline Hi, I found  a old Ink bottle Has the Letters S.FINE BLK.INK.  Almost half of the rim is broke off  it was wondering if anyone could tell me something about it, worth ? Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Ink bottle - 1/19/2012 7:44:05 PM    Wheelah23 Posts: 4296 Joined: 8/9/2010 From: Glen Ridge, New Jersey Status: offline Welcome to the forum, caza! I think you have a nice bottle on your hands. It's definitely an early one, with a flared lip like that. Is it pontiled? _____________________________ Looking for bottles from Glen Ridge, Montclair, Bloomfield, Orange, East Orange, West Orange, South Orange, and if I like 'em, any other bottles from Essex County NJ! Also Manahawkin NJ! Message me if you want to find them a new home. (in reply to caza00) Post #: 2

RE: Ink bottle - 1/19/2012 7:46:18 PM    caza00   Posts: 6 Joined: 1/19/2012 Status: offline Thanks. And yes it is. (in reply to Wheelah23) Post #: 3

RE: Ink bottle - 1/19/2012 7:54:07 PM    caza00   Posts: 6 Joined: 1/19/2012 Status: offline I could only find one other online similar but it was brown with the same lettering  selling for 1,300. Would you happen to  know if it would have similar value? (in reply to Wheelah23) Post #: 4

RE: Ink bottle - 1/19/2012 7:58:44 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 12309 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: I 195 @ US 9, NJ USA Status: online The lip damage strongly affects value, and the color is probably not in your favor.. it all depends on the rarity of that variant. It's a good, early bottle though, worth something.. (in reply to caza00) Post #: 5

RE: Ink bottle - 1/19/2012 8:10:33 PM    saratogadriver   Posts: 622 Joined: 9/10/2009 Status: offline The aqua variants aren't worth as much, and a half broken off lip doesn't help either. I'm going to say it's probably still about a $100 bottle. I've never figured out why the S. Fine black inks draw such $, they don't have an actual manufacturer name on them, and I've always figured they were a generic product from one or more glass houses. (in reply to cyberdigger) Post #: 6

RE: Ink bottle - 1/19/2012 8:13:35 PM    caza00   Posts: 6 Joined: 1/19/2012 Status: offline Thanks. Yea im not a collector. Just came across it and a letter written  in the 1860's..  I thought it was cool.  (in reply to saratogadriver) Post #: 7

RE: Ink bottle - 1/19/2012 9:02:48 PM    caza00   Posts: 6 Joined: 1/19/2012 Status: offline pontil Attachment (1) (in reply to Wheelah23) Post #: 8

RE: Ink bottle - 1/19/2012 9:03:54 PM    caza00   Posts: 6 Joined: 1/19/2012 Status: offline top Attachment (1) (in reply to cyberdigger) Post #: 9

RE: Ink bottle - 1/20/2012 8:26:51 AM    saratogadriver   Posts: 622 Joined: 9/10/2009 Status: offline Was the letter related directly to the ink?    That would be interesting to see if so... Jim G (in reply to caza00) Post #: 10

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