INKS

greenpoison · Oct 19, 2005

I thought this site needed a thread about ink bottles. Any and all information about ink bottles is welcome: your favotie piece, a great find, known history about designs or companies that have made them, digging hot spots, etc....

Miles · Oct 20, 2005

Inks are my specialty bottles because they're very decorative, small, and really do have lots of charm to them. My favorite ink is sort of embarrasing. It's my first ink ever, a sheared top 1870's J and IEM aqua ink.

bearswede · Oct 20, 2005

Nothing to be embarassed about... I think all turtles are interesting...

Here are some of my inks:

First is an igloo, "J. M. & S." from Warren, MA...

Ron

bearswede · Oct 20, 2005

Next up is a teal green Alling's... A little more jazzed than the common aqua variety... Ya gotta love the shape!!!

bearswede · Oct 20, 2005

Then there's this O.P. deep reddish amber umbrella... Stoddard?

It is not perfect, however... It has what looks like a heat check or shear crack in the neck from when the lip was sheared from the blow-pipe... It got a little longer and thicker when one of my bottle buddies dropped it... Yikes!!!

Miles · Oct 20, 2005

I want this bottle.

woody · Oct 20, 2005

These are my favorite inks that I dug in Loudon, NH.

greenpoison · Oct 20, 2005

wow, all of thoes ink pics are beautiful!!!

bearshede - that is an amazing piece, is that a durbey?, if so I've never seen one in that ice blue color before.

Here is my current favorite of my collection, I got it at an auction in California, its listed in Covill '71 as C-610. The A&F symbol is for the Company "Adams and Fay", I've seen both turtles and igloos from them.

p.s. - this is my first attempt at uploading a pic,,,,hope it works...

The upload worked but the picture needed to be cropped - please see Help - Using the Forum ---> Uploading a Picture - Admin

greenpoison · Oct 20, 2005

sorry everyone for that huge blank area.
i'll figure out pic posting for the next time.
lol.

bearswede · Oct 21, 2005

Adam...

Are you refering to this one? It's an Alling's, Pat. April 25, 1871... Usually aqua, more dear in teal/blue-green...

Ron

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