If you haven't already, I'd contacted Bill Lindsey of the SHA's bottle
website directly with questions. For me, he was really responsive and
helpful.


Lacey


On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Benjamin Pykles <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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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>



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Lacey Babnik