Ribbed Glass Inkwell in Aqua

This aqua glass ink bottle, dating to circa 1840, exhibits classic hand-crafted characteristics typical of mid-19th-century utility glassware:

• Form and Body: The bottle features a graceful, flared bell-shaped body that provides a wide, stable base to prevent tipping on a writing desk. The lower portion is adorned with vertical ribs or flutes sweeping down toward the base, creating a pleasing texture and catching the light.
• Neck and Lip: It has a relatively short, smooth cylindrical neck leading up to an applied, rounded collar or lip finish.
• Color and Glass Characteristics: Rendered in a soft, translucent aqua (or pale greenish-blue) hue—a common result of natural iron impurities in nineteenth-century batch sand—the glass shows character with subtle surface wear and texture.
• Base and Pontil: The underside reveals a concave base featuring a distinct pontil scar or rough kick-up where the bottle was broken free from the glassblower’s pontil rod, showing its free-blown or mold-blown heritage prior to the widespread adoption of automated snap cases and machine-made molds.