There was less than a dozen of this type. Some of the other bottles were completely covered with barricades confirming they came out of the ocean!
Most of these bottles were quickly dispersed around the country to serious collectors as the director had a list of the most serious collectors in the country. But since there were only a few with embossing the director of the gallery charged a premium for the. Just recently a very advanced ink bottle collector disposed of his collection and this bottle was among them.
As you can see the color is amberish almost black Examine the photo as it is accurate and ask any question. Beside from the obvious stains, there are NO cracks, chips, flakes on this item. The item "Black Glass Ink Bottle Recovered From A Shipwreck RAREST" is in sale since Monday, September 24, 2018. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Bottles & Insulators\Bottles\Antique (Pre-1900)\Inks". The seller is "johnbrandt2005" and is located in Manchester, Connecticut. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica.