Is This an Inkwell or what?

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After seeing Catcat16's thread about her inkwell, it reminded me of this crude blue hunk of glass I dug years ago. Can anyone tell me what this is? It's about 1.5" tall and same across and says "nuline, n.j." on the bottom. Very crude. Looks 1900 era or older. SS857927.JPGSS857929.JPGSS857932.JPG
 

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It looks more like a candle holder to me. Pretty color though.
 

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I'd guess candle holder as well, it's too crude to be an inkwell. Never seen anything quite like it though, if you remember, what era were the things around it when you dug it?
 

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I seem to remember it being in a circa 1910ish era dump, but that was many digs ago. This thing is so crude it isn't even uniformly sized. The tail of the comma on the bottom looks like all the pointed ones on all my blob and early crowntop sodas I've dug all these years. I also thought it may be a candle holder, though being that small, it would be kinda tipsy for one. Note the bubble also.
 

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Saw this posted somewhere else, and still think it's a candle holder.
 

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I seem to remember it being in a circa 1910ish era dump, but that was many digs ago. This thing is so crude it isn't even uniformly sized. The tail of the comma on the bottom looks like all the pointed ones on all my blob and early crowntop sodas I've dug all these years. I also thought it may be a candle holder, though being that small, it would be kinda tipsy for one. Note the bubble also.
Your object is a candle holder made by "WHEATON". Several different small style candle holders were also made in various colors of glass and shapes. Wheaton also made reproductions of a few very rare and desirable bottles and flasks, all being post 1900 and extremely crude.
 

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