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Ink Bottle

MakerMade by Denby & Codnor-Park Potteries English

DesignerMaterials patented by J. Bourne & Son English

Datelate 19th-early 20th century

MediumWheel-thrown stoneware wth a light brown salt glaze

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x diameter): 9 x 3 1/2in. (22.9 x 8.9cm)

ClassificationsCeramics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionGrey stoneware ink bottle with a cone collar rim, sloping neck and shoulder, cylindrical body, and curved bottom. The ink bottle is glazed on the interior and exterior with a light brown salt glaze. To one side, near the bottom of the ink bottle, is an impressed mark, "VITREOUS STONE BOTTLES, CO./ WARRANTED NOT TO ABSORB,/ J. BOURNE & SON,/ PATENTEES./ DENBY & CODNOR PARK POTTERIES/ NEAR DERBY". There is one chip in the bottom edge of the ink bottle, revealing the stoneware below.

Object number1966.153.0

MarkingsTo one side, near the bottom of the ink bottle, is an impressed mark, "VITREOUS STONE BOTTLES, CO./ WARRANTED NOT TO ABSORB,/ J. BOURNE & SON,/ PATENTEES./ DENBY & CODNOR PARK POTTERIES/ NEAR DERBY".

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