Ink bottle
Henry C. Stephens Ltd.
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass and plastic
Measurements
Each bottle - 100 mm (height); 53 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Gillespie Road [Highbury]
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666483
Summary
A pair of transparent glass ink bottles, each with a black plastic screw-top lid (only one on display). On one of these lids is embossed 'Stephens'. Each bottle has a printed paper label stuck onto the side. Each contains ink. Total number of items is 2.
Marks and inscriptions
On the label on the side of the bottle with the lid with 'Stephens' embossed onto it: 'TENTONE/ STANDARD CONCENTRATED/ BLUE BLACK/ INK/ SUFFICIENT TO MAKE/ GALLON/ WHEN DILUTED WITH COLD/ WATER, USE SOME OF THE/ WATER TO RINSE THIS BOTTLE/ MANUFACTURED BY/ HENRY C. STEPHENS LTD./ GILLESPIE ROAD HIGHBURY N.5' On the label on the side of the other bottle: 'TENTONE/ LIQUID CONCENTRATED/ BLUE BLACK SCHOOL INK/ SUFFICIENT TO MAKE/ GALLON/ WHEN DILUTED WITH COLD/ WATER, USE SOME OF THE/ WATER TO RINSE THIS BOTTLE/ Manufactured by/ HENRY C. STEPHENS Ltd.'
Makers and roles
Henry C. Stephens Ltd., maker