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Hover’s Master Ink Bottle
| Categories | Ink Bottle |
| Material | Glass |
| Markings | See narrative |
| Origin | United States |
| Date or Era | circa 1841 |
| Measuring | 6” high |
An 1840’s era “Master Ink” bottle from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The cylindrical shaped bottle was crudely “mold-blown” of a deep teal-green colored glass. The unevenly thick sides of the bottle are nicely rippled with “whittle marks” and contain suspended air bubbles of various sizes. The front side of the bottle displays vertically in early-style font embossed letters: HOVER – PHILA. The top of the bottle has a crude applied, single-sloping, collared “lip finish” that was “hand-tool-formed”. The bottom of the bottle is thick, crooked, nicely textured, and features a slightly pushed-up “open pontil scar” that is about the size of a U.S. dime.
Sold for $354 in July 2024
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