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4 Embossed glass inks: 1. Underwood's / Inks. No base mark. 2. Williams' / 1 1/2 oz. No base mark. 3. S E Isaacs // Exchange / Ink // - // - //. No base mark. 4. W. Thomas & Cos / Ink // Bottle / Made in Japan. No base mark. Ink Glass Various Various. 1890s-1920s
1. Very Good. A few nibbles to lip. Some light haze throughout with minor marks. 2. Very Good. Typical flakes and nibbles around lip. Some inner grime. Some light swirled haze in patches externally. Little impact fisheye type mark to rear shoulder rim. Some lovely green swirls in the glass. Quite a hard to get ink bottle. 3. Very Good. Chip to lip over 18 mm. 15 x 5 mm sliver chip down neck. Several other flakes around the lip, the chip blends in due to the nature of its manufacture. Fine inner dirt. Some light scuffs and scratches, a couple of little rusty scuffs to shoulder corners. Isaacs of Liverpool had ink bottles in the 1850s that directly replicated Blackwood's inks of the time. This example we have never seen before. 4. Very Good. Couple of miniscule lip nibbles. Some annealing marks to inner neck. Some scratches to the protruding rims. A bit of dirt to be found. Unusual Japanese made example! Grade: N/A Estimate: $20 - 30
