Item LL 77538 Ink Bottle - Stoneware, Brown, Salt Glaze, 1880s-1920

Summary

This salt glazed ceramic ink well was excavated at the Commonwealth Block site between 1988 and 2003. It is unmarked but the style and materials used suggests it was made at Bendigo Pottery.

Writing implements, found throughout Little Lon, indicate that writing was a commonplace activity. The pens, pencils and inkwells are a tantalizing reminder of words forgotten long ago.

Physical Description

This is a brown, salt-glazed stoneware inkwell with a squat round body, asymmetrical shoulders, folded over lip and a round flat base.

Physical Description

Salt-glazed stoneware inkwell. Previously recorded as Prov: "Bendigo (possibly)".