Here are a few old bottles and antique inks similar to those I have for sale at shows or on ebay. All are antique bottles - nothing new. Most are 100+ years old. If you seek something that is not here, please ask. Shipping by Priority Mail - I will establish costs when I know your zipcode (since the rise in mailing costs, this essential). Due to shipping difficulties/expenses, I will have to limit sales on bottles to US only. I will pay shipping on orders over $90. A 7-day return policy applies if the bottle is not as described, as I am very careful about mentioning all problems. If you have any questions or wish to order, please email me.  All items can now be bought through PayPal (email me for my Paypal address). This page last updated on 6/21/2009.

The Newest Antique Ink Bottle Book on the market - We have just finished the second edition of our ink book, the result of years of research and picture taking, "INKS - 150 Years of Bottles and Companies, 2nd Edition" by Ed and Lucy Faulkner. It is 320+ pages full of more than 1500 color bottle pictures, company histories and go-with's of all types (it is NOT a price guide). It was well received at the National show by well

J.H. Cutter half pint whiskey - An interesting little mail order whiskey that actually has 3 (or 4) names associated with it. First, the back side is embossed, “Henry J. Koellen & Co./Lawrence, / Mass.”. The front side has a 95% intact paper label that reads, “The Celebrated Old J.H. Cutter Whiskey / C.P. Moorman & Company / Louisville, KY / This label Used By permission / Bottled By John Woolcott / Nashua, NH”. The bottle is clean with just a small bit of inside stain, no chips or dings.  $35.00

Scarlet Fox Hunting Coat Cleaner - This is one of the neatest items that I have come across in a long time. It is a quart ceramic bottle from the Bourne & Denby Pottery like those used for master inks in the 1890's. The label says that it contained cleaning fluid for scarlet (fox) hunting coats and was made by E. Tautz & Sons of 485 Oxford Street in London. The front of the label gives instructions for the use of the product while both sides give testimonials to its efficiency. They are dated 1889 and 1910, so the company made this cleaner for at least 21 years. The label has some edging missing but all writing is legible and the bottle is perfect. Something for those seeking an unsusal gift or anyone collecting fox hunting memorabilia. $115.00

Controlled Bubble Inkwell - This is a paperweight, heavy inkwell often referred to as "controlled bubbles inkwell". It is pictured in Covill's inkwell book as figure 1519. This type was made by several New England glasshouses in the mid to late 1800's. It is in nice condition with no chips, with intact hinged lid, and normal base wear from age. Just a wonderful old inkwell. $250.00

Carl H. Schultz Tenpin - Most likely a soda, this is interesting in several ways. First, it has the graceful tenpin shape, which I have always liked. The strong embossing reads, “Carl H. Schulz / C-P (odd Chinese lantern shaped logo) M-S / Pat. May / 1868 / New York”. I don’t know what the “C-P” and “M-S” refer to nor do I know what was patented in 1868. The closure for the bottle wasn’t patented until 1892, so the patent may not be for the bottle. Several mysteries for a new owner to check out. Very clean & great embossing. There is a 1/16” flake off the base but otherwise no problems that I can find.  $24.00

Keystone Coffin Flask - I wish that I could say for sure who made this but can only guess that it was manufactured by the Keystone Glass Works near Philadelphia. It is an appealing pint coffin flask in varied shades of amber. It is embossed on the front with a keystone bordered on either side with a wreath of leaves. There is also a keystone embossed in a small kickup on the bottom. It has a ground top lip with a metal (pewter?) cap that still has all of the original cork inside. There are 2 overlapping 1/8" lip flakes on the top lip but these are normally covered by the cap. No other chips or dings and the only light use wear is on the base. Display is really great. $55.00

Omega Watches Advertising Inkwell - This inkwell is probably rare. It was made for jewelry stores to give out to customes who bought omega watches, I would assume, or given to store owners. Be that as it may, it is a nice advertising piece. One one side in large letters is OMEGA WATCHES. On the other side is a picture of a pocket watch. The well itself is porcelain, and it has a hard rubber lid. The writing is complete and bright, and the well is in great shape with only normal base wear. Reflections in the photos make the letters faded in places, but that is not the case in reality. The hard rubber top has some breaks as it was intended for pen rest and got a lot of use as well as drying out over the years. I have only seen one other and the condition of the top was similar. This is a great advertising piece for the Omega collector, watch collector, or inkwell collector. $350.00

Emerald Green Master Ink - A very nice example of an early master ink with pour spout. No embossing. It appears to been blown into a two-piece mold and then the spout was tooled. It is a dug bottle and has many fine scratches, but no cracks or dings. Elongated bubbles for character.  $18.00

Simplex Patented Automatic Inkwell - During the 19th century, hundreds of inkwells were patented, this being one of them. It was patented by Jochum & Nelles Co., New York and called Simplex Automatic Inkwell. It has a pen rest on the top. The lines in the picture are not cracks, but cooling lines in the glass done in manufacture. The top of the inkwell is made with a tray, all one piece. The tray part has "Pat. Apld. For" on it. it also has what appears to be a polished pontil on the base. Very crisp and sparkling clean. An interesting inkwell. $75.00

2) On the bottom the embossing reads, "Clyde Glass Works / Clyde / N.Y." There is a complete wire stopper and the plug even has most of the original rubber all the way around - it is still functional. It is very clean and has no damage that I can see, just a few bubbles in the glass. $20.00

Clyde Glassworks Blob Top - This blob top is unusual in two ways: 1) The embossing on the slug plate reads, "Geo. Zett / Syracuse, N.Y.". You don't get too many "Z" names on bottles.

Granite State Spring Water - A really attractive embossed soda from New hampshire. I would guess that it would hold maybe 10 oz. & is just short of 9" tall. It is starting to turn a nice sun purple. It has the embossing painted (can be removed) to make it more visible. I would guess that the overall embossed outline is that of New Hampshire, with what appears to be two Indians and a teepee at the spring with hills in the background.. The embossing also includes the wording, "Granite State / Spring Water Co. / Atkinson Depot N.H." A really interesting water bottle $18.00

Fennings' Fever Curer - Cures are always of interest because the use of "cure was not allowed after the 1906 Act of Congress prohibiting unverified promises on medicines. This is a plain bottle, about 6.5" tall, in a light aqua color. It is embossed, "Fennings' / Fever

Rue de la Cloche Cologne - This must have been a popular item during and after the Civil War, as many similar bottles have come out of Civil war sites. This is embossed, "Rue de la Cloche / No 4711 Cologne". It is clean but does have some inside stain, mostly in the neck. About 5" tall, 5 panels and a rounded back. An interesting bottle, probably from the 1860’s-70’s period. $10.00

Zemo For Pimples - A really neat medicinal product. It is clear, about 6" tall, and was blown into a mold with a tooled lip. It has a rectangular base with cutoff corners so the bottle actually has 8 sides. Two opposite sides

are full of embossing, "Zemo For Pimples / And All Diseases Of the Scalp" and Zemo For Eczema / E. W. Rose Medicine Co. / St. Louis". There are numerous bubbles and a wrinkle in the glass from manufacturing. There are 2 flakes on the lip probably due to prying the cork out of the neck (see closeup). I would guess that this is from the 1880's-1890's. $8.00

2 Ceramic Master Inks - The light colored bottle in the middle is a scarce one that is debossed, "Wm ALLEN & Co N.Y. / LEDGER INKS". No potter's mark. There is a small flake off the underside of the pour spout, about 3/16" diameter (see closeup). No other damage. - $40.00.

The one on the right is the hardest to find of the group. It is a light tan and debossed, "SPENCERIAN". It is a medium tan and has no damage. A very difficult master to find. - $85.00.  

Now buy both for only $100.00.

Pair of Maine Meds(?) - 2 very interesting bottles from the same company in Maine. The top one is perhaps the most interesting. According to someone who took the trouble to email me, chain lightning was a New England name for bootleg whiskey. Someone else gave evidence that it was used to remove spots from clothes. Anyway, it is embossed, "Chain Lightning Eraser / Nathan Wood & Son / Portland, ME". It is 6" tall and 2.25" wide. It was hand blown into a mold with a tooled lip, probably 1880 - 1900. It is perfectly clean and clear, with only flaw a very small flake

of a back bottom corner. The bottom bottle is embossed on the front panel, "Established 1843 / Nathan Wood & Son / Portland, ME". 6" tall, 3" wide. It has a sort of concave fluted panel that curves at the shoulder and around the front and back panels to the base. Hand blown into a mold with a tooled lip. It is perfectly clean and free of any flaws so far as I can see. Both of these neat bottles for one money. $35.00 

Quart Master Ink, 3-Part Mold - A quart three piece mold bottle available for less half what I paid for it a number of years ago before I knew about improper labels. I removed the old label and you get a nice bottle at my expense. Nothing fancy but very clean with no chips, dings or stain. There is a slight indentation from the making of the bottle that may have been an attempt at a pour spout. It that is the case it was probably a master ink but if not, it may have had another use. Your guess. Just a very pretty piece of glass for $40.00

Greek Key Canning Jar - This is a nice 1/2 gallon fruit jar in the Greek Key design that is not exactly listed in the Red Book #7. It is closest to #2539 as best as I can tell. It has the Greek Key design in 2 bands around the side of the bottle. It is embossed on the bottom, "HC" over a triangle, "Safety Valve Patd May 21, 1895". The year date is not included in the Red Book listing #2539. The band & lever closure works fine but does not have anything stamped on it that I can see. Some of the original black paint remains on the band, but not much. The band has no holes for a carrying handle. The jar is clear, clean, & free of chips & dings. Now $45.00

Fredrick Post Master Ink - This is a nicely embossed master that was hand blown into a mold with an applied lip and a slightly crooked neck. It is clear and clean and has a great display. There is blank oval on one side, perhaps for a label, and a matching oval on the opposite side is embossed with "The Fredrick Post Co. Chicago New York London". Between the ovals are vertical flutes going around the rest of the bottle. The embossing is bold and deep and really makes this bottle. This is the same company that has made drafting supplies for more than 100 years. A really attractive embossed bottle. $45.00

Unusual Size Bunker Hill Pickle Jar - There are a number of Bunker Hill Pickle bottles around, but this is the first one that I have seen that looks like it is big enough to have actually held pickles. It has the usual great color, but the dimensions are what makes this scarce. The base is 4" in diameter, it is 8.5" tall and the mouth is 2" in diameter. It looks like it would hold at least a quart of pickles, maybe more. It

appears to have been a dug bottle, as there is some light stain and faint surface wear. What made this bottle stand out for me was the the absolutely crisp embossing of the Skilton, Foote & Co. logo with the obelisk, houses and barrels in the foreground. Every detail of the embossing is deep and full, which is unusual. A really nice example of this 1880's-90's bottle in a scarce size. Now reduced to $125.00

Amber Helme Snuff Jar with Closure - A very pretty amber snuff jar with complete closure. The bottle is somewhat crude with bubbles and some variance in the glass near the bottom. No problems at all that I can see. The bottle is embossed, "P. Lorillard Co." on the bottom. The glass top has a complete wire closure that screws

down onto the bottle (the rubber ring could use replacing). The lid is embossed, "Geo. W. Helme Co. / Patented July 16 1872" around the top. A nice example for the tobacco collector {perhaps could be used to hold cigars). $30.00

Garrett's Master Ink - I have always collected and sought out lesser known ink companies and this is one that I found several years back. It is a quart size, clear bottle with a slightly flared lip. It is the label that I've never seen other than this one. It is for Garrett's Black Waterproof India Ink, "For Draughtsmen and Artists", of Cleveland, Ohio. The label is about 30% missing, mostly on the blank sides. There also is some ink stain on the label. The bottle is clean and has no chips or dings.  $20.00

use in a Russian immigrant community, but I don’t know. Someone kindly translated the words for me and they appear to be the names Gleschke and Vidner (phonetically spelled). On one side is a mark halfway up with a "1" above it and a "2" below, presumably dosage indicators. The bottle is very crude but clean and free of chips or dings. Probably 1880's-1890's. Blown into a mold with an applied lip. $16.00

Sioux Bottling Works Soda - This is a nice little soda for the Indian or western collector. It is embossed, “Sioux Bottling / Works / Watertown / S. Dak. / Contents 7 Fl. Oz.” It has what appears to be a variant of a crown top closure. Sparkling clean but with some case wear. Nice. $17.00

Robinson Bros. Blob from Dover, NH - Some bottles are attractive in their simplicity. This has a light to medium purpling from sun exposure. It has a large oval slug plate which reads, “Robinson Bros. / RB (overlapped) / Dover, N.H.”. There is a bruise on the right side of the blob top (the light area in the picture) but no other problems. The embossing is strong and the color is nice.  $15.00

Scarce Indian Territory Hutch Soda - One of these rarely shows up and almost never on the East coast. It is from the Indian Territory, which was Oklahoma before it became a state. It has a slug plate that reads, “Muskogee / Bottling Works / Moskogee, I.T.” It has a large “S” on the bottom. It is clean but does have some light case wear. Slightly wider mouth than most Hutches and a few bubbles in the glass. One shallow burst bubble inside the neck. A really hard to find bottle for the Hutch/soda collector. $360.00 with free shipping.

Souders / Royal Remedy Co. - Sometimes I buy a bottle simply because I like the way it looks. This is one such bottle. It has very bold embossing covering it’s full 9” height. It reads,  “Souders / Elegant / Flavoring / Extracts / Royal Remedy / Co. / Dayton, O.”  It is near mint in condition, sparkling clean with no flaws. It was hand blown into a mold with a formed lip, circa the 1880’s. Just a really neat item. You can own it for $15.00

the lip (visible in the rightmost picture). It was hand blown and the lip was tooled, probably sometime in the 1880’s-1890’s. It is also embossed, “C. L. F. G. Co.” on the bottom, I assume the glassmaker of the bottle. A neat little bottle from the far northeast.  $8.00

Lewis Kalling Blob Soda - Listed as Rare in the Baltimore book. 8” blob top. The round slug plate is embossed, “Property of / Lewis Kalling / Baltimore, Md.” Clean  with some wear, as it was a dug bottle.  $30.00

A.W. Jacob & Co. Druggists - A small 3.75” medicine bottle from Danville, Va.  Also embossed on the bottom, “Pat. Dec. 18 /87 / C. L. G. Co.” as best as I can tell. Near mint, clean. $12.00

Curer" and nothing else. I guess that said it all - good for all types of fever. It is very clean with just a couple of light scratches that indicate that it was dug. $15.00

Wan - Eta Cocoa, Boston - A small, clean cocoa container, just 4.75” tall.  Very clean and nice amber color. The lid is perfect as well. Buy it for $15.00

Horatio W. Cushing, Apothecary, Skowhegan, ME - A sparkling clean medicine from a town with an unusual name.  The above title gives all the embossing. 6.5” tall and as clean as they come! $20.00

Early Medicine(?) With Russian Embossing - This is a neat little bottle, probably a medicine, with Cyrilic characters embossed. It may well be an American bottle produced for

Simmons & Hammond medicine - A tiny little bottle, just short of 3” tall and starting to turn purple from the sunlight. It is from Portland, ME, and I assume that it held some sort of medicine. The only flaw is a small flake on the right side of

Keystone Drug Co.,  South Boston, Va - A tall (9+”), flat medicine from the small town of South Boston, Va. It is simple embossed, “Keystone Drug Co. / So. Boston, Va.” Very clean, hand blown with tapered applied lip. Would hold a pint of medicine.  $22.00

Kohnstamm Advertising Pen Holder/Paperweight - An interesting advertising piece from New York and Chicago. It is ceramic with printing under the glaze. The front side reads, “H. Kohnstamm & Co. / New York & Chicago”, the left side, “Ebonink” and the right side, “Hercules / Indelible Ink”. It has a hole from top to bottom to hold a pen (or possibly an ink vial) and a pen ledge across the back. It has a flake on the bottom at the back edge where it will not affect the display - no other problems.  $65.00

known ink collectors and Inkwell Society members alike. This is self-published and copies are printed only when there is a demand. More information by request.            $75 + $10 shipping.

Hollenbach, Dietrich & Co. Strap Whiskey, Reading, Pa. - This is a sparkling clean quart strap sided flask from Pennsylvania. Below the usual “Guaranteed / 32 Oz. / Full Quart” is a slug plate that reads, “Hollenbach, Dietrich & Co. / Wholesale Liquor Dealers / Reading, Pa.”

Just a very pretty whiskey at a reasonable price.  $25.00