Is this a small Ink

[spyder]

Is this a small ink. The bottle measures 1 5/8 inches high and 1 3/4 inches at its widest.

 

[spyder]

Pic of the bottom

 

[GuntherHess]

Looks like it might be a stopper for something. Appears decorated on the bottom (top)?

 

[spyder]

thought of that.....what about the way the lip rolls out by the opening. Plus there are no wear marks on the outside where it would of rubbed on the bottle.

 

[GuntherHess]

The newer stoppers have a platic insert that goes over the end and works like a cork. Just my thoughts.

 

[spyder]

It could be. It was in a box of Ink bottles and wrapped in newspaper from May of 1969. The gentleman that owned the bottles was a digger and passed away a few years ago. I received all the bottles he had boxed in the top of his garage because nobody wanted to go up and get them. The boxes were falling apart ( almost 39 years) so it took me a while to rebox them. Most everything is from the 1890's to the 1950's. I will be selling almost all of them. Not for profit, but so they can be preserved and admired by someone that will enjoy them. I am just looking to recoup some money for my time spent. The ones that can't be sold to collectors I will do something with them. They will not go back into a dump.....at least I won't send them there.

 

[woody]

Looks like an ink bottle, to me.
Esp. the size of an inkwell.

 

[saphireblue]

I have to agree with woody on that one. There is one other thing it could be a perfume or cologne bottle with all the fancy detail on it.

 

[GuntherHess]

that looks like an ink.

 

[GuntherHess]

Pic of the bottom

One reason i think that looks like a stopper is many stoppers have those divits on the edges to give a better grip.