completely intact all original downtown chicago privy dug oversized brown salt-glazed handleless arnold ink bottle fabricated by j. bourne & son, denby pottery, london the intact privy dug bottle contains a lightly incised and very legible stamped mark along the heel with manufacturer markings that read: “vitreous stone bottles—j. bourne & son—patentees—denby & codnor park pottery—near derby—p. & j. arnold london.” the bourne and son company can be traced back to 1809 in denby, england, when a mr. jaeger found on the property of w. drury lowe, a clay bed which was used by belper pottery. mr. jaeger then began a pottery at denby known as denby works. william bourne of belper pottery, had two sons joseph & john bourne, who took over for mr. jaeger in 1812. john bourne died in 1819 and the company was continued by joseph. belper pottery and denby works continued until 1834 when belper works was absorbed into denby works. the company purchased codnor park works in 1833. the codnor park works continued under bourne until 1861 when it was absorbed into bourne’s denby site. the company was not known as j. bourne & son until about 1850 however, thus making the bottle post-1850. while the company has changed hands several times since that time period, it is still in existence today under the name of denby pottery company ltd. the bottle was discovered along with stoneware dish and cup fragments, open-pontiled medicine bottles and iron pontil soda and/or mineral water bottles. the dug bottle is comprised of salt-glazed vitreous stoneware, which ideal for liquids, like the p. & j. arnold ink that this bottle held. p. & j. arnold ink was commonly imported in bourne’s bottles to the u.s. during the mid to late 19th century.