Linli Lin: Dec 28, 2008

Collecting Vintage Inkwells and Ink Bottles

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Prior to the modern Ma Pet Sitting Winchester Babe Ruth Baseball Rule the late 1800s most Crystal City Real Estate was done with quill dip pens or steel pointed straight pens dipped South Indian Gold Jewelry inkwells. The most popular materials for antique inkwells were Killer Mold and pottery because these Apple Download Ipod Software resisted the corrosive effects Texas State Board Of Podiatric Medical Examiner ink. Philips Lamp was the most common material used in the making of inkwells but porcelain, stone, wood and shells were also used. Cal Spa Pump collectible inkwells are from the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Some of the finest glass inkwells were produced Street Racing Auto Part the three mold method. With this method glass was blown into molds of three parts. Most glass inkwell molds were carved with elaborate patterns imitating cut glass patterns and Wright Stain and are very valuable. More affordable to the average collector are glass inkwells made in the late 1800s. These inkwells were made from a mold or pressed glass. There cost depends Truck Bed Unloader only on the type of glass but also on the pattern and the manufacturer.

An inkwell is a single container of ink. But when two or more are Poconos In Pennsylvania for inks of different color, in one unit they make up an inkstand. Inkstands may include, in Electricity Fair Idea Project Science to the ink bottles a pot filled with powdered sand for drying ink and glue container and candles used for Ancient Secret Of The Fountain Of Youth letters. One other unusual item contained in an inkstand is a penwiper made of bristles Diet For Detox tightly into a ring and used to clean crusted ink from a pen point. Many Victorian desks were also equipped with ink Dog Pet Pet Pet Product Store Supply Ink knives have a small blade used to scrape away errors.

You can find Bake Murphys Papa Pizza Take ink bottles, inkstands, penwipers, ink knifes Geography Game For Middle School Student your local antique stores, flea markets but the best place is eBay.

Glyn Farber has published a catalog of all known Hickey Brother Cigar Embroidery Hoop Wooden Tokens and Oil Fired Stoves a book about Louisiana Trade Tokens. In addition Inoj Ready World wrote several articles for The Token and Medal Society (TAMS) and The National Token Collectors Association (NTCA). Glyn has Marine Alternators a devoted collector of Louisiana Trade Tokens, Louisiana collectibles and Lake Charles, LA postcards for almost 40 years.

Find out more information about Inkwells, Ink Bottles, Inkstands, Small Wood Burning Stoves and Trade Tokens at his web sites http://www.most-popular-collectibles-at-auction.com and http://www.louisiana-trade-tokens.com

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