RIBottleguy
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Without the slightest doubt in my mind a modern fantasy piece. I'm willing to bet my entire collection (worth tens of thousands) on it.
Is that Vaseline glass? Sure looks like it.I have found three inkwells so far Scuba Diving two from the 1920s or 1930s and then this one. What do you think?
Very nice assortment of inks beautiful colors thanks for sharingRobbybobby64, what you found was a Victorian Penny Ink. They were usually from the UK with sheared tops opossed to a tooled lip. There are a lot of different varients ! Here is a grouping of several of my Penny Inks. View attachment 217938
It was made overseas, they don't even try to make it look real. They had someone make a garbage bottle mold with poorly formed seams and make it a pretty color. That's just what they do in a third world country. Technology is behind.
It's really hard to tell apart experts from amateurs just spitting out the first thing that comes to mind in this forum unfortunately. If you want to really settle the debate your should email a picture of the bottle to one of the major American bottle auction houses (Hecklers, Glassworks, American Bottle Auction). They will tell you if it's real or not. Please don't be one of those ignorant fools who thinks they know better than the experts.