Lot #: 442
Estimate: $75-$150.A Note About Estimates
An estimate is an expected selling price for an item at auction. The price ranges for each lot are considered conservative in value, and are listed as a courtesy to our bidders to give them an idea of how much they may be expected to pay to win the item. It is entirely possible for an item to sell for less or more than the given estimate.
×Sold! $150.
Two Molded Stoneware Inkwells, Made for J. C. Blair, Huntingdon, PA, late 19th century, both inkwells of related diminutive, cylindrical form with scalloped base, recessed underside, and recessed opening in top, the surface covered in Albany slip. One with cork in the opening bearing a paper label reading "THE KEYSTONE / UNCHANGEABLE / JET BLACK INK / J. C. BLAIR / M'F'G. STAT'R / Huntingdon, Pa." Blair, who began business in 1880, was a manufacturing stationer who marketed inkwells of various materials including stoneware and glass. H (of both) 2 1/2" ; D (of both) 2".