Between the first of the year and February 14, everything is a valentine to me. (I'm really not much of one for holidays, but I'm a big one for expressions of love.) So a tin tube that once housed a bottle of indelible ink seems quite romantic--perfect for writing poems of love that will never fade! (It is also useful in preventing election fraud.) Payson's indelible ink was invented by pharmacist John Payson Williston in Northampton, Massachusetts and became the largest manufacturer of this type of ink in the United States. This I believe is just about the earliest container it was distributed in; this tin would have housed the ink in a glass bottle inside.

 2 7/16" t x 15/16" d. Good condition, with a little rusting/staining visible on one area of the paper label. Tin lid fits tighlty on the tube.