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RE: Blue pontiled ink found in NY - 10/19/2007 8:41:29 PM    lexdigger   Posts: 929 Joined: 5/31/2005 From: Lexington, Ky. Status: offline Here's one I glued back together for a friend. A rock smashed it. At least it wasn't the rare sided one! Attachment (1) (in reply to kungfufighter) Post #: 61

RE: Blue pontiled ink found in NY - 10/19/2007 8:43:06 PM    lexdigger   Posts: 929 Joined: 5/31/2005 From: Lexington, Ky. Status: offline It was in three pieces and went back together perfect, other than the cracks! Oh well, they can't all be mint. Attachment (1) (in reply to lexdigger) Post #: 62

RE: Blue pontiled ink found in NY - 10/20/2007 7:25:59 AM    stonebottle   Posts: 56 Joined: 3/10/2007 From: SE PA. Status: offline That is a very nice ink and looks like a similar color to the one I found.  Since we are talking about rarity, would my ink be considered to be rare because it is 12-sided instead of 8-sided???  It looks like most of the embossed versions have 8 sides, not 12.  Any opinions??  Thanks, the response to this bottle has been great.  stonebottle. (in reply to lexdigger) Post #: 63

RE: Blue pontiled ink found in NY - 10/23/2007 10:32:41 PM    stonebottle   Posts: 56 Joined: 3/10/2007 From: SE PA. Status: offline I have been researching this bottle and cannot find ANY reference to a 12-sided blue ink of this type.  There are 8-sided types, but no 12-sided that are blue like mine.  Does anyone know of one being sold or at least seen??  I have also seen references to "stoddard-type" inks that are 12-sided but not blue.  Would my ink be of this type??  Any response is appreciated.  stonebottle  (in reply to stonebottle) Post #: 64

RE: Blue pontiled ink found in NY - 10/24/2007 4:48:01 AM    bearswede Posts: 2906 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline If you haven't already, look in "Ink Bottles and Inkwells" by Covill, if you can find a copy... Ron _____________________________ "I LOVE Wolfies!!!!!!!!!!!!" (in reply to stonebottle) Post #: 65

RE: Blue pontiled ink found in NY - 10/24/2007 8:02:48 AM    amblypygi Posts: 452 Joined: 4/6/2004 From: Western Massachusetts Status: offline Ron's right, Covill lists an ink very similar to yours but in light green as C# 550. He lists no 12-sided inks in that blue though. Sean (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 66

RE: Blue pontiled ink found in NY - 10/26/2007 10:32:54 PM    tigue710 Posts: 1648 Joined: 7/11/2007 From: connecticut Status: offline oops < Message edited by tigue710 -- 10/26/2007 10:35:15 PM > (in reply to kungfufighter) Post #: 67

RE: Blue pontiled ink found in NY - 10/26/2007 11:15:25 PM    beendiggin Posts: 610 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline One very lucky day years ago my brother and I dug a pocket of pontillled bottles, including this ink. Thought it would make a nice comparison to that beauty of a blue one. Attachment (1) (in reply to amblypygi) Post #: 68

RE: Blue pontiled ink found in NY - 10/26/2007 11:17:26 PM    beendiggin Posts: 610 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline This is the pontil Attachment (1) (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 69

RE: Blue pontiled ink found in NY - 10/27/2007 5:33:52 AM    bearswede Posts: 2906 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Very, very nice, Paul!!! Ron _____________________________ "I LOVE Wolfies!!!!!!!!!!!!" (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 70

RE: Blue pontiled ink found in NY - 10/27/2007 7:28:36 AM    stonebottle   Posts: 56 Joined: 3/10/2007 From: SE PA. Status: offline That green ink is a very nice one.  It does look very much like my blue one with yours possibly having a slightly taller neck.  What state did you find it in, and was it found with 1840's or 1850's bottles??  I think that is the first similar 12-sided ink I have seen a picture of.  stonebottle (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 71

RE: Blue pontiled ink found in NY - 10/27/2007 8:05:34 AM    earlyglass   Posts: 341 Joined: 12/21/2004 Status: offline Nice inks! The 12 sided inks are typically pretty scarce in comparison to the 8 sided umbrella, however they seem to be more plentiful in the straight-sided versions. They come in a number of different sizes, shapes and colors. Here are a my examples. I collect New England glass and I am pretty confident that these are from the region. I can't speculate on where your ink was produced, but blue is not typical for New England glasshouse (other than Sandwich). If I were to guess... I would say that it was produced at the Lancaster Glassworks, NY, 1840-50. It is a rare and beautiful ink. If you decide to sell it, put it up for private auction in this forum, otherwise you should put it on a shelf for a while and enjoy it! Mike Attachment (1) (in reply to stonebottle) Post #: 72

RE: Blue pontiled ink found in NY - 10/27/2007 8:17:09 PM    beendiggin Posts: 610 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline Stonebottle, these were dug as a group in Maine. it was in the basement of an old ship captains home, I was lightly probing a grid pattern when I finally heard glass. Apparently a floorboard had been used as a trap door for trash and it was about 4 feet long by a foot wide. There was no sign of the floor anymore until I scraped a little dirt away, then the wood fibers showed up. Under that was an eight or ten inch layer of bottles. 30 or so in all, most were broken. Most were not pontilled but these are. I also got an aqua Harrisons Columbian Ink pontilled, which I sold to Bob Heath. I kept these, knowing it would be a long time coming before I would get a day like that again. Bob thought that the green bottles were possibly Keene. The other two are definitely Stoddard, as the cone has the "X" on the base, and the colors are a perfect match. Attachment (1) (in reply to stonebottle) Post #: 73

RE: Blue pontiled ink found in NY - 10/27/2007 8:31:53 PM    beendiggin Posts: 610 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline Thanks, Ron..I really did hit it that day and I know how lucky I am. (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 74

RE: Blue pontiled ink found in NY - 10/28/2007 7:49:03 AM    stonebottle   Posts: 56 Joined: 3/10/2007 From: SE PA. Status: offline Those really are a great group of bottles and a good story to go along with it.  My bottle was about 20 feet from an old foundation, along traces of what was left of an old road.  This was on a back road that gets very little traffic.  We only found one other pontiled bottle.  It was a medicine with embossing but it was shattered and I could not make out what it had on it.  I was really hoping for a stoneware bottle but I guess it turns out this ink is even better.  So far I have still not heard that anyone owns a 12-sided ink of that blue color, so that makes it even more interesting.  stonebottle (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 75

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