Lovely 19th Century Lignum Vitae Travelling Ink Bottle collegia is now well known as

is now well known as a photojournalist and activist

First quarter of the 20th century British and unused and done in black ink with a little blue (with white polka dots

7" tall x 5" widest diameter

and lovely both with candles in them (they take very thin tapers) or just by themselves

but average about 5/8" across

Lovely 19th Century Lignum Vitae Travelling Ink Bottle collegia is now well known asThe more I look at antique postcards and beautifully hand written letters, the more I wish we'd at least occasionally forgo texting and emailing and return to using pen and ink! And this lovely antique lignum vitae ink bottle only strengthens the case! Lignum vitae is a gorgeous and rather miraculous very hard wood, often used for fine objects like this. It comes from trees of the genus Guaiacum, indigenous to the Caribbean and the northern coast of