Newell Robbins "Ones The This Bottle" (and Etched it Himself) Brainerd & Armstrong thread which I think it does

which I think it does quite nicely

which has a fair amount of age and I think suits it just fine

with no chips or cracks whatsoever

who lived in Sunfield almost his entire life

I'm so often struck by the playful the use of language on 19th century objects

Newell Robbins "Ones The This Bottle" (and Etched it Himself) Brainerd & Armstrong thread which I think it doesNear impossible to photograph well, but I love this thing a glass ink bottle, its surface crudely etched (scratched into) by a young Newell Robbins. His name appears in large letters on both sides, followed on one side with "ones the this bottle" underneath translation: "owns" this bottle, I believe. The other side reads "born October 12" with a bit more following that appears to have been deliberately scratched out. I filled it with water to make it