Mystery Ink bottle from the unknown...

[kat]

Greetings! I'm brand new here and was directed to this group from the Glass Bottle Marks website! I have a very small ink bottle that I cannot find a stick of information about...anywhere. I have posted, email, uploaded photos, Google searched and I come up empty handed each time, so I'm hoping someone here will be able to help. I purchased a very small, three sided ink bottle with what I think is the Hazel-Atlas mark on the bottom. The glass is not super smooth, think modern jars, the lid is metal and "locks" into place, not screws on (think peanut butter jar), and there is no label, nothing! The lid says PIQUE which refers to the card suit Spades (in French). The spade is present on the lid, but in red, not black! The bottle sides are less than 2" in length and there is still some dried ink inside the bottle. I realize this could be from a secondary use and not what was the original intent, but for now I'm going with "this is an ink bottle". Has anyone seen/heard of something like this? I am placing in the after 1900 area because of the metal lid.

 

[RED Matthews]

INTERESTING, BUT THE PICTURE DOESN'T DO US MUCH GOOD. RED M.

 

[sunrunner]

well kat, it looks like a ink and it may be made by Hazel Atlas , thou the photo is hared to see. i'm thinking 1950s .Piqua is a town in Ohio don't know if they made ink there. the cap is defiantly after 1940s.

 

[botlguy]

Well Kat, welcome to the forums. Despite what Red said, I think the pictures show a lot of what we really need to know. As sunrunner (the other Jim []) said, I would agree it is an ink bottle from circa 1950 (give or take 20 years) and made by Hazel-Atlas. Research on them would give a definite time parameter for manufacture. The company that made the ink may be different than the name on the cap. Could PIQUE stand for a color? The other Jim [] mentioned Piqua, Ohio but I suspect there is no connection, different spelling. I really don't know what other information you might need except what sort of closure it has, for that we will need another picture and even with that I couldn't give you any other information. Good luck, perhaps others can fill in some gaps. Jim or am I the Other Jim [8D]