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Back in the days when everyone employed quill pens and fountain pens the one thing that could be found on each office or writing desk was an ink blotter. Ink blotters were ordinarily made of a soft absorbent paper formed into a card and were applied to arid up excess ink. With the invention of ballpoint pen in the 1950s, ink blotters disappeared from the intermediate office desk. Today, these vintage blotters, made in the 1930s and 1940s, are very highly prized and sought after collectibles. Ink Blotters were a very standard from of advertizing that were many times given away by fountain pen manufacturers, banks, merchants and specially Insurance Companies. Antique Ink blotters were as mutual as business cards are today. Written references to ink blotting paper in America have been found beginning in the late 1700s. It was not until the 1850s that blotting paper came into mutual use in America, when Joseph Parker and Son started fabricating blotting paper. In the late 1800s, a patent was issued for bettered blotting paper which featured a smooth surface on one side and a blotting surface on the other. Rocker blotters were an necessary piece of desk instrumentation from the late 1880s until the 1950s. This type of blotter had a handle 2 to 5 inches long and a rounded surface 2 to 3 inches wide where the blotting paper was attached. Some of these rocker blotters were very ornate and made of wood, glass, silver or brass and are likewise sought after by collectors. Why not commence a collection of vintage ink blotter today from your home town or state. You may find them at local oldfashioned stores and flea markets but the one and only place to find a big selection of vintage advertizing ink blotters is eBay. To display your ink blotter collection use archival, acid free 3 pocket protective pages that are employed by currency or dollar bill collectors. Then store the pages in a three ring binder and lay the binder flat rather than upright. 3 pocket protective pages may be purchased at your local coin shop, on line or on eBay. The art work on a great deal of ink blotters are very beauteous and ornate. Take 2 or 3 and have them matted and framed. |
