Shaw's Inks

[Bigcypresshunter]

I bought this bottle at a thrift store for 50 cents.? It says Shaw's inks are the best...mint condition...top is sharp..looks like it was cut off.? What is that white spot?
Can anyone tell me the age and what it is worth?

[JakePhelps]

pic?? Sounds like an older bottle, check the mold seam on the side and see if it goes all the way up the bottle, the white spot could be a stain from the ground. The top is what is called a ground lid.

[Bigcypresshunter]

The white spot is not a stain from the ground.

[JakePhelps]

That white spot is an imperfection in the glass, your bottle is a really old hand-blown bottle, nice buy! The jagged edge is actually not ground but rather from where they snapped the bottle off after it was blown! Any pics of the bottom of it?

[PBK]

Hello, and... good buy! See #8 on the following webpage:

http://www.antique-bottles-and-glass.co.uk/inks.htm

For dating info, scroll down to "burst top" pic, about halfway at:

http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bott...ottletypes.htm

[Nana40]

What a find!!! That's a beautiful bottle!

[Bigcypresshunter]

PBK, Thank you...exact match #8.

[Angela (Australia)]

Also referred to as a shear top ink. It's actually a very nice example of this type of ink, and most likely dates to mid to late 1800's.
HH Angela