Ink bottle

The bottle is complete. It is cylindrical in shape, with an angular, conical shoulder; the neck is cylindrical, short and slightly tapered at the top. The neck is shaped like a wide band, flaring out at the top and flat at the apex; the neck has a small pouring spout with an oval apex. The base is beveled. The bottom is slightly domed. The body is gray in color, covered with a brown ferrous coating and a salt glaze, giving it a shiny appearance. The lower part of the wall features a square cartouche with a domed top, made by intaglio printing; it presents inscriptions made in sequence, in seven registers: VITREOUS STONE BOTTLES J. BOURNE & SON PATENTEES DENBY POTTERY NEAR DERBY P & J. ARNOLD LONDON. Under the cartouche is the word ENGLAND. The surface is stained with iron rust; there is a recessed annular groove at the base of the neck. The brown coating that covers the entire surface decorates the bottle; the salt glaze gives the surface a shiny appearance.

  • Accession Number 2018.10.278
  • Fabricant / Éditeur Joseph Bourne et fils
  • Date 1916
  • Materials ceramics, English Derbyshire coarseware 3
  • Measurements 23,2 x 4,088 cm
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  • Accession Number 2018.10.278
  • Fabricant / Éditeur Joseph Bourne et fils
  • Date 1916
  • Materials ceramics, English Derbyshire coarseware 3
  • Measurements 23,2 x 4,088 cm
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Photo by René Bouchard

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