ink bottle
Calligrapher's liquid source
An ink bottle is a small container designed to hold liquid ink, typically with a wide base for stability and a narrow opening for dipping pens.
Before the widespread adoption of ballpoint pens and cartridge fountain pens, ink bottles were standard equipment on desks and in schoolrooms: She uncapped the ink bottle and filled her pen.
Wide-mouthed storage vessel
- vialSmall glass liquid holder
- flaskPortable liquid container
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- stopperClosure for an opening
cork · cap · glass · ceramic · porcelain · crystal · reservoir · well
Pen's writing tip
- dip penInk-requiring writing instrument
- flourishTo grow vigorously
- swashWater flowing over ground
- letteringStyled written characters
cursive · script · brushwork · italic · serif · penmanship · ornamentation · glyph
Treated hide for manuscripts
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- scrollWound document of parchment
- codexAncient bound manuscript
- scriptoriumMonastery manuscript workshop
scribe · quill · illuminated · palimpsest · folio · papyrus · transcribe · inscription
Original text before publication
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- penmanshipSkill of forming letters
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- letterWritten symbol or message
journal · diary · draft · prose · poetry · essay · author · notebook
jar
Wide-mouthed storage vessel
stopper · cork · cap · glass · ceramic · porcelain · crystal · reservoir · well · pot
nib
Pen's writing tip
lettering · cursive · script · brushwork · italic · serif · penmanship · ornamentation · glyph · copperplate
parchment
Treated hide for manuscripts
scriptorium · scribe · quill · illuminated · palimpsest · folio · papyrus · transcribe · inscription · epistle
manuscript
Original text before publication
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- penmanshipSkill of forming letters
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
letter · journal · diary · draft · prose · poetry · essay · author · notebook · stationery
cartridge
Sealed container for supplies
- replenishSupply anew
- refillableAble to restore contents
- top-upAdding to restore fullness
pour · funnel · dropper · syringe · dispenser · reservoir · dip · fill · transfer · pipette
antique
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- VictorianOf a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
heirloom · patina · curio · ephemera · relic · artifact · old-fashioned · retro · heritage · desk accessory
- Inkinkwells, inkstones, cartridges
- ink drawinglinework, line work, pen drawing, hatching, cross-hatching
- pen suppliesfountain pen, ballpoint, rollerball, nib, pen cap
- printer inkcyan, magenta, yellow, tricolor, high yield
- bottlesflask, vial, phial, ampoule, ampule
- stationerypen, pencil, paper, notebook, envelope
ink bottleink cartridge
Sealed container of pigment
ballpoint pen · printer cartridge · disposable pen · laser printer · felt-tip pen
bottle, ink, inky, bottled, bottles, bottling, inked, bottleneck, inking