by Tom Licence | May 13, 2018
Greenish glass, square ink bottle, with four pen-rests moulded into the top, and with a burst-off lip for a tight-fitting cork held in place with wax. Bottles of ink of this size cost a penny and were widely available.
by Tom Licence | Mar 31, 2015
Ink bottles, in different colours, with recesses in the shoulders for pens to rest, and with burst-off lips. The two in the front row still retained some of the sealing wax, used to secure the cork, around the lip. The broken green one, front left, is embossed...
by Tom Licence | Jan 31, 2015
Aqua boat inks with burst-off lips. The recesses in the shoulder were for resting the pen. These came with corks sealed with sealing wax, and sold for a penny each. The one on the right is still full of river mud.
