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Inkwell? Penholder? Ashtray? - 9/13/2004 4:29:56 PM    ronvae Posts: 253 Joined: 8/14/2004 Status: offline What is this? Is it old? Found in a Minnesota lake, it is brown-glazed ceramic, with no glazing on the bottom, and a hole in the top, big enough for me to stick my index finger in. If it was an ashtray, it'd have to be disposable, because there would be no way to get the butts out. If it was a penholder, it could only hold one. The inside portion I can see is also glazed. The area had residential & hotel garbage dumped there from the later 1800s through about the 1930s... Attachment (1) < Message edited by ronvae -- 9/13/2004 4:55:58 PM > Post #: 1

RE: Inkwell? Penholder? Ashtray? - 9/13/2004 4:32:44 PM    ronvae Posts: 253 Joined: 8/14/2004 Status: offline Here's another view from the top: Attachment (1) < Message edited by ronvae -- 9/13/2004 4:56:39 PM > (in reply to ronvae) Post #: 2

RE: Inkwell? Penholder? Ashtray? - 9/13/2004 4:58:08 PM    ronvae Posts: 253 Joined: 8/14/2004 Status: offline And the bottom... Attachment (1) (in reply to ronvae) Post #: 3

RE: Inkwell? Penholder? Ashtray? - 9/13/2004 5:46:18 PM    woody Posts: 3646 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Looks like an inkwell to me! _____________________________ Woody (in reply to ronvae) Post #: 4

RE: Inkwell? Penholder? Ashtray? - 9/14/2004 3:08:02 AM    bigkitty53   Posts: 286 Joined: 3/28/2004 From: Bermuda Status: offline Hi Ronvae, If it's big enough to be an ashtray I'm 99% certain it's a cuspidor-a spitoon. You were close! KAT (in reply to ronvae) Post #: 5

RE: Inkwell? Penholder? Ashtray? - 9/14/2004 12:56:48 PM    medbottle   Posts: 112 Joined: 7/13/2004 Status: offline Hi ronvae. What are the measurements on your piece? I think its an ink, not a spitoon, as there's not a secondary hole to empty it out. Turning it upside down and shaking the "stuff" out would be rather messy, not to mention disgusting. (in reply to ronvae) Post #: 6

RE: Inkwell? Penholder? Ashtray? - 9/14/2004 6:24:38 PM    ronvae Posts: 253 Joined: 8/14/2004 Status: offline This is fun--love the mystery! The measurements are: 2.5 inches tall, 3 inches across the top, 2.5 inches across the bottom, and the hole in the top is about .5 inch across. (I can fit my index finger in to the 1st knuckle, and my pinkie in to the 2nd knuckle, and I'm a smallish female). Absolutely no opening except the hole in the top. (in reply to ronvae) Post #: 7

RE: Inkwell? Penholder? Ashtray? - 9/14/2004 7:23:08 PM    woody Posts: 3646 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline I believe it to be an inverted inkwell. I remember seeing them in Covills' ink bottle book and have seen similar ones made from glass. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to ronvae) Post #: 8

RE: Inkwell? Penholder? Ashtray? - 9/14/2004 7:24:39 PM    tazmainiendigger Posts: 1003 Joined: 11/21/2003 From: State O Maine Status: offline Sure looks like a nice ink to me! I have a few hundred inks, but I dont have that one I do have one however in a clear glass that is very similar, I have heard these referred to as funnel inks... here are a few shots so you can compare... Taz Attachment (1) (in reply to ronvae) Post #: 9

RE: Inkwell? Penholder? Ashtray? - 9/14/2004 7:26:00 PM    tazmainiendigger Posts: 1003 Joined: 11/21/2003 From: State O Maine Status: offline Top of ink... Attachment (1) (in reply to ronvae) Post #: 10

RE: Inkwell? Penholder? Ashtray? - 9/14/2004 7:28:09 PM    tazmainiendigger Posts: 1003 Joined: 11/21/2003 From: State O Maine Status: offline base of ink has 10 angles... Attachment (1) (in reply to ronvae) Post #: 11

RE: Inkwell? Penholder? Ashtray? - 9/15/2004 7:44:39 AM    ronvae Posts: 253 Joined: 8/14/2004 Status: offline Thanks to all! After seeing the glass one, I think it is an inverted, or funnel ink. I'm printing this whole thread to keep with it. (in reply to ronvae) Post #: 12

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