Brass Ink Well

[neodetectorist]

I am 99.9% sure this is a brass inkwell however, any guesses on age?
No glass insert found.
I think I can make out a 5 on the bottom but that is it.
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[creskol]

I'm thinking it is an old alcohol lamp instead of an inkwell, but I may be wrong.

 

[neodetectorist]

I'm thinking it is an old alcohol lamp instead of an inkwell, but I may be wrong.

Oh, I didn’t think of that.

 

[pepperj]

That's a cool recovery, a find that is rarely posted up, if at all. Congrats

 

[pepperj]

I'm thinking it is an old alcohol lamp instead of an inkwell, but I may be wrong.

If you Google images there's a few for sale on EB.
They show the glass inserts wells also.

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[creskol]

If you Google images there's a few for sale on EB.
They show the glass inserts wells also.

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Nice .. Good ID!

 

[Gare]

Nice find should clean up good

 

[Digger RJ]

View attachment 2060866I am 99.9% sure this is a brass inkwell however, any guesses on age?
No glass insert found.
I think I can make out a 5 on the bottom but that is it.
Happy Holidays to all.

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[oldmxrat]

Very cool piece, congrats!

 

[gunsil]

Nice find should clean up good

I wouldn't clean it much, It may have had a deep green or brown patina when new as was common on a lot of bronze and brass lamps, desk items, etc around the turn of the 18-1900s. A friend got a nice copper vase in an antique store with lots of green corrosion on it, he polished it up to shiny copper and discovered it was worth $1500 with original green patina and about $400 after he polished it. It is a very cool find!!

 

[neodetectorist]

I wouldn't clean it much, It may have had a deep green or brown patina when new as was common on a lot of bronze and brass lamps, desk items, etc around the turn of the 18-1900s. A friend got a nice copper vase in an antique store with lots of green corrosion on it, he polished it up to shiny copper and discovered it was worth $1500 with original green patina and about $400 after he polished it. It is a very cool find!!

great advise, thanks

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Nice one !

 

[river roamer]

Nice find

 

[jewelerguy]

that's cool