Why not start a collection of vintage ink blotter today from your home town or state. Some of these rocker blotters were very ornate and made of wood, glass, silver or brass and are also sought after by collectors. 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. Rocker blotters were an important piece of desk equipment from the late 1880s until the 1950s. In the late 1800s, a patent was issued for improved blotting paper which featured a smooth surface on one side and a blotting surface on the other. It was not until the 1850s that blotting paper came into common use in America, when Joseph Parker and Son started manufacturing blotting paper. Written references to ink blotting paper in America have been found beginning in the late 1700s.
Antique Ink blotters were as common as business cards are today. Ink Blotters were a very popular from of advertising that were often given away by fountain pen manufacturers, banks, merchants and especially Insurance Companies. Today, these vintage blotters, made in the 1930s and 1940s, are very highly prized and sought after collectibles.
With the invention of ballpoint pen in the 1950s, ink blotters disappeared from the average office desk.
Ink blotters were usually made of a soft absorbent paper formed into a card and were used to dry up excess ink. Back in the days when everyone used quill pens and fountain pens the one thing that could be found on every office or writing desk was an ink blotter.
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