Pontiled Figural Ink

[DIGS CHESCO]

I just acquired this figural from a demolition site in Phila. I believe it is a figural ink. Does anyone know anything about this shoe shaped bottle, was it made at Dyottville?

Thanks
Tom

 

[DIGS CHESCO]

This is a view of the bottom.

 

[Steve/sewell]

Hi Tom here is some information that may help you. I think your bottle is a cologne not an ink, as ink bottles have more of, or at least a 45 degree upward angle to the neck and mouth opening. http://www.bottlebooks.com/inkcompanyhistory/shoe_ink.htm http://community-2.webtv.net/ebbtide7/MOREINKSII/

 

[epgorge]

I believe it is a cologne. I have a couple of them. Very nice.

Ep

 

[DIGS CHESCO]

Hey Steve, thanks for the link, your right the shape of the bottle would be a better container for cologne than ink. It seems like it would be more likely to be found on a womans dresser or in her purse rather than on a desk.

Thanks for your input as well epgorge.

Tom

 

[Plumbata]

Sweet recovery, great job! Find anything else at the site? How tall/long is the bottle?

 

[Steve/sewell]

Update Tom I am beginning to think it was a nursing bottle....you know dont put your foot in your mouth!! http://www.sha.org/bottle/Typing/food/acme.jpg

 

[glass man]

NICE!!JAMIE

 

[DIGS CHESCO]

Hey Plumbata, the bottle is 3 3/4" long and about 1" at its widest point. It was the only thing found in the attic of an old row house just before demo. I wasn't at the site, the guy I bought it from calls me about every six months and I buy everything he has including boxes of bottles that go right into my recycling bin. The same person talks of finding " a hundred " short dark bottles under the slab of a basement, so when he calls me I drop everything and meet up with him.

Steve thanks for the link, your right it might be a nursing bottle, but I think its probably a cologne.

Tom