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53. OCTAGONAL INK BOTTLE. 2.2ins tall. Squat tooled lip, deep green glass, unusual delineated shoulders. Very crude. Possibly European or American? DWB hand written base sticker. 9.5/10. NR. £40-60+
57. BLACKWOOD & CO INK BOTTLE. 2.2ins tall. A hard to find olive green glass London octagonal. mid olive green burst lip (sliver) ink. Three vertical lines embossed. 7.5/10. NR. £30-40+
54. PUMPKIN INK BOTTLE. 2ins tall. 14 ribs gathered to base, all quite crude. Burst lip (minor repair), aqua glass. In manufacture glass slag to side. 8/10. NR. £30-40+
58. BELL SHAPE GUM BOTTLE. 2.4ins tall. Classic bell shape, burst lip. Very rare mid olive green coloured glass. 9/10. NR. £30-40+
55. SLOUGH DELPHIC TEMPLE LIKE INK BOTTLE. 2.4ins tall, burst lip, octagonal middle section, aqua glass. A very rare shape even more so embossed ‘BIRT & Co/ SLOUGH’. Retailer untraced.
59. MALTESE CROSS INK BOTTLE. 2ins tall. Bluey aqua, crude tooled lip. Shoulders draped with four forked ‘ribbons.’ Orange peel texture base. Probably Dutch? Slight dullness, generally fine. Ex Guy Burch Collection. 9.5/10. NR. £30-40+
60. LONDON EAGLE
PEN COMPANY INK BOTTLE. 2.9ins tall.
Tooled lip. Shoulders divided into 8 segments. Boldly embossed around underside rim. This firm invented a glass cartridge pen in 1890. Rare teal blue/ aqua bottle. Ex Guy Burch Collection. 9.5/10. NR. £30-40+
56. COLOURED GLASS
F M & Co INK BOTTLE. 2.4ins tall, burst lip. Smokey mid olive green glass -
hard to find in any colour. Rear side slot held a pen
or dropper not pen nibs. F M for Francis Mordan, this bottle patented in 1863. Some slight dullness, generally very good. 9/10. NR. £30-40+