Antique W E Bonney Hanover Mass Embossed Aqua Blue Glass Ink Bottle Square 2 1/2

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Handmade Antique W E Bonney Hanover Mass Embossed Aqua Blue Glass Ink Bottle Square
About 2.5 tall
Excellent. Flea bite Chip on lip as seen on photo
he William E. Bonney Ink Company was started in 1865 in South Hanover, Massachusetts.
The factory was a modest two story building where he had mixing vats, dyes and other equipment necessary for manufacture of ink. He did a lot of experimenting to come up with a good quality ink and operated from just after the Civil War until 1910. Bonney was nearly blinded in an accident and his daughter tried to run the factory in the last few years, but finally gave up in 1910. The dyes and formulas were sold to the Carter Ink Company. When the factory was remodeled for a private residence in 1969, many old bottle pieces were found in the trenches that were dug nearby. Workmen at the time said they hauled all the records to the town dump, thus losing all the information on the factory