- A beautiful little hand moulded antique salt glazed stoneware clay inkwell or ink bottle.
- This one has iridescence to the glaze.
- Up until 1700 writing ink was only available in block or powder, from around 1840 liquid ink began to be available for sale, this coincided with the new British penny post, and caused a huge increase in letter writing. To cater for this new demand small bottles, or penny ink bottles as they were known, had to be made in huge numbers, very cheaply.
- They were either blown from glass or in this case moulded from clay and fired, they would have been regarded at the time as disposable.
- This example is approximately 1 3/4 inches (4.5cm) diameter and 2 inches (50cm) tall.
- It would have been originally sealed with a cork.
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- 1) An image showing the damage,
- 2) Another showing the outside of the packaging,
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