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Antique Bottles - Ink Bottles

Ink bottles are unique because of their long history, which provides collectors with a wider variety of designs and shapes than any other group of bottles. People who bought ink bottles considered the design of the bottle as well as the quality of the ink it contained. Ink was purchased in Inks bottles made of glass and typically sat on a desk. The ink was sometimes transferred and stored in Ink Wells.

Antique Ink Bottles
Cobalt Blue Staffords Master Ink Bottle 1890's
US $16.05 (5 Bids)
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VINTAGE DIAMOND INK CO/.11/4 OZ BOTTLE
US $5.99 (0 Bid)
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Digger Odell Antique Bottles Glass V11 More Inks book
US $23.99
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Turtle Ink Bottle
US $9.99 (0 Bid)
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Great Book, Ink Bottles & Inkwell, 1st ed. Signed
US $81.00 (7 Bids)
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Antique 1862 INK BOTTLE WELL Pewter Cover Opens/Closes
US $9.99 (1 Bid)
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STAFFORD FOUNTAIN PEN INK BLUE BOTTLE
US $9.99 (0 Bid)
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Lot of 4 Wheaton Church ink mini bottles All 4 colors..
US $19.95 (0 Bid)
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Ink bottle collection
US $10.01 (3 Bids)
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Stoneware Ink Bottle NOTT'S 5 3/4"s Pottery Bottle
US $9.99 (0 Bid)
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2008 Antique Glass Ink Well Price Guide 1700s Bottles
US $35.00
End Date: Thursday Dec-04-2008 21:16:26 PST
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2138: Two aqua glass bottles, 9 1/4'' h., 9 1/2'' h., t
US $50.00
End Date: Friday Dec-05-2008 0:00:00 PST
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2319: Five aqua glass bottles, 19th c.
US $250.00
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ANTIQUE KETTLE INK BOTTLE WITH COAT OF ARMS
US $0.01 (1 Bid)
End Date: Friday Dec-05-2008 6:19:18 PST
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PELIKAN 4001 GREEN INK BOTTLE-VERY NICE BOTTLE GERMANY!
US $3.99 (0 Bid)
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Old Caw's Ink bottle in excellent cond.
US $0.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Wednesday Dec-10-2008 16:28:07 PST
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EARLY CARTER'S MASTER INK EMBOSSED BOTTLE ONE PINT
US $9.00 (0 Bid)
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DUG Rare? Amber Carters Ink Medicine Bottle!
US $9.99 (0 Bid)
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Old Round Cork Top Unmarked Ink Bottle 3 1/2 Ounce
US $1.99 (0 Bid)
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ANTIQUE MUSICAL INK BOTTLE WOOD TOY HARMONICA WORKS!
US $19.90 (0 Bid)
End Date: Tuesday Dec-09-2008 19:31:20 PST
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Antique Higgins' India Ink 1881 Bottle
US $9.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Tuesday Dec-09-2008 16:24:06 PST
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Vintage Unusual Tiny Ink Bottle PARKER OUINK
US $2.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Sunday Dec-07-2008 22:03:28 PST
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Antique Sandford's Cardinal Red Ink Bottle
US $9.99 (0 Bid)
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2 Old Bottles - Sawyers Crystal Blueing
US $9.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Tuesday Dec-09-2008 15:17:02 PST
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Antique Green 8 sided Ink Bottle PONTIL Bottom
US $21.48 (3 Bids)
End Date: Tuesday Dec-09-2008 15:10:24 PST
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VINTAGE OLD INK BOTTLE JAR TRU-FLO GREAT SHAPE! .49!!
US $0.49 (0 Bid)
End Date: Tuesday Dec-09-2008 20:12:37 PST
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COBALT BLUE PARKER INK BOTTLE PRISTINE VINTAGE
US $9.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Tuesday Dec-09-2008 11:13:16 PST
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Higgins Vintage India Ink Bottle
US $2.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Tuesday Dec-09-2008 9:50:47 PST
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Clear bottle with a side reservoir -- ink bottle ??????
US $4.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Sunday Dec-07-2008 15:48:26 PST
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Skrip Ink Bottle Vintage w\ Ink Dip
US $1.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Tuesday Dec-09-2008 9:47:51 PST
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The writer would dip the pen (or quill) into the bottle or ink well to put more ink on the pen. Because they set on a desk, ink bottles and especially ink wells were often decorative. Antique ink bottles and ink wells have been around ever since the dip pen and fountain pen has been used. Writing inks have been used for more than 2,500 years. As the fountain pen grew in popularity between 1885 and 1890, ink bottles became less decortative and soon became just another plain bottle.

Group of Antique Labeled Ink Bottles

Group of Antique Labeled Ink Bottles

Antique Embossed Ink bottle      Antique Embossed Ink bottle      Antique Embossed Ink bottle      Antique Ink bottle

Antique Embossed Ink Bottles

Ink in bottles were usually either labeled or unlabeled and embossed with the manufacturers name. Labeled Ink Bottles included Onoto, Carter, Waterman, Parker, Pelikan, Sheaffer and hundreds of other smaller brands. Manufacturers of ink included: A.B. Tallman, A.D.R., American Standard, Bell, Blown Pancake Ink, Bonney, Brickett & Thayer, Cabin Ink, Carters, Clarks Black Ink, Cowles Ink, Davids and Black, De Halsey, Dessauer's Jet Black Ink, Dobell's Patent, Domed, E.S. Curtis Ink, F. Kidder, Franklin Black Ink, Fred D. Alling, Gross & Robinson, Harrision, Herron, Higgins, J.B. Davids, J.J. Butler, J. Sargant Jones Empire Ink, Kirkland's Ink. National Writing Ink, Pitkin Ink, A.T. CRoss, Sanford's Ink, Umbrella Ink, Wood's Black Ink plus many more.

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