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A good friend gave me a very, very small Sheaffer bottle of burgundy ink. When I say small, I really means small!, 12 ml. The bottle itself is a little larger than a quarter and not as big as a half dollar, and about an inch tall. Do you know anything about the history of Sheaffer bottles this small? Were these bottles meant for "travel?" Were they just meant as "samples?" What years were they made? Have you ever seen one? I have not! Thanks for sharing what you might know, if anything about this. C. S.

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Could you show a picture? Maybe with a quarter beside it? I've never heard of mini bottles for Sheaffer's.

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I actually just found this topic about them. It's https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/237614-sheaffer-12-ml-ink-bottles-from-the-mid-90s/

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I don't keep up with the Sheaffer box's & age of each but I also have a bottle of this Sheaffer ink, King's Gold, in this small size. The label would indicate it probably came in the Burgundy/Red colored box, with the White Dot on the box. My larger bottles of "vintage Sheaffer" with same labels, are in such boxes, matching their labels.

 

Someone here is sure to know the years Sheaffer ink was sold in these boxes.

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I'm curious too - I have a 12 ml bottle of Sheaffer Jet Black, never opened. Can't remember where I got it.

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Do any of you know why they would produce ink in such a small bottle? C. S.

 

It's probably a sample bottle, or an introductory bottle for the colours. "Try this cheap lil bottle, if satisfied buy the big bottle."

I am the tarot reading, bookworm, whiskey drinking, witchcraft practicing, old fashioned writing, aunt Beasty in my family and I love it. Tarot readings for sale or trade, especially ink as I've lost all of my pen stuff from a bad burglary last year. And I need penpals! Anyone interested, please PM me!

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The ones I got were packed in pairs and marked as for calligraphers Probably the bottles were designed to act as inkwells. There were several color combinations..

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Sheaffer used to provide them as free samples at Pen Shows. I have a couple of them which I received along with the other then typical free items such as free cartridges from Private Reserve and the ever present free issue of Pen World.

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