1880s Carters Mucilage??

[daeldred]

We found this a while back and I am just now getting around to asking my question. Obviously, it is a Carter's Mucilage bottle from the early 1880s. I know the date from dating the other bottles in the privy. Does anyone know How common these are. I haven't ever seen one and I haven't seen anything similar in any ink books. What do y'all think? Any idea on values?

 

[surfaceone]

Hey David,

Images borrowed from here.

Mucilage just doesn't get the respect that inks command. While I cannot speak to price, I did find a few on the bay.

Here's a little Carter's history.

I've never dug a verifiable Carter's Mucilage such as yours. I suspect they may be more uncommon than many of their inky brethren.

Sure has been a mucilagey day.

 

[daeldred]

Thanks for the info. Cool ads! I probably should have been more specific. Obviously it's a Carters Mucilage, but I have never seen one embosed such as this one nor I have heard of one or seen one in any ink bottle book. My bottle was mentioned to an avid Carters collector and he hadn't heard of it either. Has anyone heard of or seen an embossed Carters Mucilage of similar style?

 

[RED Matthews]

Hello daeldred, Well it is too late now to know for sure because we are back in FL, but I think I have one almost like yours up north. I will make note of it for my next summer migration. It is a nice old bottle you have. RED Matthews

 

[Staunton Dan]

Here is an 8 sided Carter's Mucilage which is close but not exactly what you have here. Looks like it might be a good one.

 

[Staunton Dan]

I recently dug a Sanford's bottle that is very similar to yours but the Sanford's was embossed on the bottom.

 

[Staunton Dan]

Looking in Ed and Lucy Faulkner's book on inks I find that my Sanford's was possibly a Library Paste.

 

[daeldred]

Thanks guys. I wanted to know how common they were or were not. It's a clear and doesn't seem like anything special, but I haven't seen another one.

Thanks

 

[downeastdigger]

In my opinion yours is rare, I've never seen an embossed one