Montblanc 100Ml Bottle

[WontonST]

Hello fellow FPNers!

 

I recently picked up a 100mL Mont Blanc ink bottle off the 'bay, and it looks quite interesting, especially the tapered edge for ease of filling. The seller said it was "vintage", but we all know everything on the 'bay is either vintage, rare, or retired :roflmho:

 

Naturally, I turned to FPN. Does anyone know this bottle's history? Its cheap plastic-y (yet somehow...cute?) shape is definitely dramatically different from the expensive looking bottle today.

 

Here are some pictures I took.

 

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5176/5505557230_05cdafa007_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5504962821_df008ed899_b.jpg

[Brian]

I have a few of these too and am perhaps equally ignorant of them. I think they are from the early 70s and were just how they sold them then. I love mine as display items.

 

One of the questions I have is did this bottle come before or after the smaller triangular bottle???

[rockspyder]

This bottle is also shown in Barry Gabay's article (pinned in the MB forum), it is from the early 80's.

[Michael R.]

Nice Dalek-bottle from the 1980's.

 

Here are some images from different decades:

 

vintage MB ink bottles

 

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn140/PENSnINKS/Montblanc%20Ink/Montblanc1980BraunundViolett.jpg

 

1950's ink bottle

 

1960's ink bottles

 

1970's ink bottles

 

and

 

1980's ink bottles

 

Cheers

 

Michael

[WontonST]

Ah, the wonders of FPN. Thanks for the information! I'm tempted to collect bottles from the 50-70's to complete a Mont Blanc ink bottle collection

[Michael R.]

Ah, the wonders of FPN. Thanks for the information! I'm tempted to collect bottles from the 50-70's to complete a Mont Blanc ink bottle collection

 

Why not start in the 20's or 30's ???

 

Cheers

 

Michael

Edited March 9, 2011 by Michael R.