Question about dug ink

[CoilyGirl]

Anyone know what C65 might mean on the bottom of an old ink bottle? Not asking for me but for someone on a Facebook forum.

 

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[TJE]

Sorry CG, I've one (don't think mines an ink bottle) with a 'C' in a triangle and the number 3. Never really researched old bottles...maybe time I start.

 

[Butter Hat]

Is there a picture? The only C65 reference I know is from Chinese ink bottles.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Is there a picture? The only C65 reference I know is from Chinese ink bottles.

Butter Hat,not of the bottom of the bottom but I will ask the poster to post one.

 

[Butter Hat]

I did find one other bottle reference in this fleabay listing.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Thank you Butter Hat, I will post this link for him.

 

[epackage]

Could be a Carter Bros. Ink, in 1865 William's cousin, John W. Carter, joined the enterprise and the name became "Carter Bros. & Company." John W. Carter focused his efforts on the ink part of the business which, along with the sales efforts of James P. Dinsmore, resulted in such growth that the ink business was separated from the paper business and moved into its own quarters in 1868."

This is all just a guess on my part...

 

[Butter Hat]

Thank you Butter Hat, I will post this link for him.

Hope it helps. Some of the bottles I recognize as being fairly modern.

 

[gleaner1]

The numbers at the bottom of the bottle are numbers at the bottom of the mold so as to allow easy identification of the mold at the glass factory.