My First Ink Well

romeo-1 · Apr 15, 2011

Got out for an hour this morning and found my first ink well. Found in the river just below the silt. Couple others as well.

jgas · Apr 15, 2011

Nice clear cone ink, medicine and what appears to be a vaseline jar. Keep it going. The cone is quite old. :thumbsup:

jgas

creeper71 · Apr 15, 2011

jgas said:
Nice clear cone ink, medicine and what appears to be a vaseline jar. Keep it going. The cone is quite old. jgas

The clear cone is pretty common tho..correct?

jgas · Apr 15, 2011

Yea Creeper, the clear ones are really common. I like the amber and green ones. I wish I had a picture of the boot ink that my buddy dug the other day. Its also clear but its in the shape of a boot. Strange find but cool. :thumbsup:

jgas

romeo-1 · Apr 16, 2011

Can this be more accurately dated by the embossing on the bottom?

jgas · Apr 17, 2011

Well I would say 1890's to early 1900's. Some Carters have embossing with 1897 on base or earlier. So somewhere in that range is going to be all I can say. Still quite old and another look in tha same area where you found this one would be in order for sure. :thumbsup:

jgas