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Hello list members:
Recent excavations at a late 18th to mid-19th century domestic site in
northeast Pennsylvania uncovered an isolated fragment of an amber-colored
umbrella ink bottle. (I can email you a photo if you're interested). We are
trying to determine the age of the bottle.
We have consulted numerous sources, including the SHA Bottle website, which
says (citing Faulkner [2009]) that umbrella inks were made for a very long
time, starting at least as early as 1840 to as late as 1909. But every
source we have consulted seems to suggest a similar "soft" starting date,
using words like "at least as early as..." or "around." Some even leave
open the possibility that this style of ink bottle could have begun decades
earlier than the 1840s.
Has anyone found similar umbrella ink bottles in tightly dated contexts? Is
it possible that our fragment could date to the late 1820s?
Please feel free to contact me off-list.
Thank you for the help,
Ben Pykles, Ph.D.
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