The Old Hilman House, 1897, Sweet Hand-painted Stoneware Ink Bottle with Blue Flowers antique kindergarten album ) man in his hat

) man in his hat on his horse out in the land with smoky looking sky sure does

which was founded in Pasadena

--feel so familiar

4 3/4” t x 5 1/4” long measured on the square

because they're infinitely useful

The Old Hilman House, 1897, Sweet Hand-painted Stoneware Ink Bottle with Blue Flowers antique kindergarten album ) man in his hat(First photo is composite showing two views.) I found this one in inland Maine a few years and have had it sitting around since, now here it is. A stoneware bottle, made for ink I believe, but then hand painted with pretty blue flowers on one side and "The Old Hilman House" August 1897 on the other, with what looks like three sets of monograms. I have not had luck identifying the Hilman House in question, but would like the think its inhabitants wrote