3-piece Ink Bottle

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Object Name: 
3-piece Ink Bottle
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
possibly United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
94.4.35 B
Dimensions: 
H: 7.6 cm, W: 6.8 cm, D: 6/8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1896-1900
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass, wood; pressed and cut (glass), hand made (wooden parts). (Ba) Well, pressed in the form of a hollow cube with shear mark on inside, the four side faces cut in identical patterns of lines and diamonds, top surface ground and polished smooth, bottom surface ground and polished and with a cut multi-pointed star. (Bb) Wooden insert which has mouth of inkwell and a flat collar as well as a hollow cylindrical extension which goes into well. Inscribed on top of collar: "THE SMITH INKSTAND NO. 300 / PATENTED SEPT 18, 1894 m'F'D BY THE BRONSON INKSTAND CO. 126 LIBERTY ST NEW YORK". (Bc) Funnel-like wooden devices which fit inside opening in collar. Has the remains of a rubber ring also inside collar.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Randles, Dick, Source
1994-08-03
Randles, Joan, Source
1994-08-03
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Pressed and cut glass, hand made wooden parts

Publications (3)

The American Cut Glass Industry: T. G. Hawkes and His Competitors (1996) illustrated, p. 284, #12-1; BIB# 36646
Recent Important Acquisitions, 37 (1995) illustrated, pp. 114-115, #36; BIB# AI36371
The Complete Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning (1979) illustrated, pp. 183-184; BIB# 28811

Objects in Set (3)

Inkstand with 2 Ink Bottles
Artist:Bronson Inkstand Co.
Date:1896-1900
Accession Number:94.4.35
3-piece Ink Bottle
Artist:Bronson Inkstand Co.
Date:1896-1900
Accession Number:94.4.35 A
 
Wooden Inkstand
Artist:Bronson Inkstand Co.
Date:1896-1900
Accession Number:94.4.35 C