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Strange Bottle - 10/31/2007 3:19:19 PM    awilliams   Posts: 32 Joined: 10/31/2007 From: Mountain Home, AR Status: offline Hi everyone!  I have recently become very interested in bottle collecting.  It all started a couple of weeks ago when I bought a cigar box full of bitters bottles.  Now I'm hooked!  Well, a few days ago I bought a very strange bottle at a flea market.  If anyone has any information about it, I would to hear it!  ;)  There are no markings on the bottle, just the raised flower detail. Thanks!! Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Strange Bottle - 10/31/2007 6:10:39 PM    Mattkoz Posts: 127 Joined: 5/29/2007 Status: offline Sorry, cant help you on that one. That is one strange bottle.Maybe a perfume bottle?????? (in reply to awilliams) Post #: 2

RE: Strange Bottle - 10/31/2007 6:27:28 PM    marjorie040 Posts: 371 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: offline Hello awilliams Welcome to the forum! I think your bottle is beautiful and looks unusual to me!! What does the bottom look like. Regards, _____________________________ marjorie040 McClellanville, sc (in reply to Mattkoz) Post #: 3

RE: Strange Bottle - 10/31/2007 7:02:32 PM    woody   Posts: 1657 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Looks like a recent bottle you would buy at Home Goods or Target stores. Same color as those. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 4

RE: Strange Bottle - 10/31/2007 7:41:45 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5111 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: online I would agree it looks like a decorative item. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to woody) Post #: 5

RE: Strange Bottle - 10/31/2007 7:54:20 PM    Tony14 Posts: 2461 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: online im gonna third that But i would be interested in seeing some of thme bitters posted _____________________________ Looking for any Fond du Lac bottle. Also looking for any embossed wisconsin medicines. And any Carters cone inks (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 6

RE: Strange Bottle - 10/31/2007 9:33:29 PM    awilliams   Posts: 32 Joined: 10/31/2007 From: Mountain Home, AR Status: offline Hey Marjorie, Here is a pic of the bottom. After reading the rest of the posts, it looks like it might not be too valuable.  But it sure enough is pretty neat.  Thanks everyone! Attachment (1) (in reply to awilliams) Post #: 7

RE: Strange Bottle - 10/31/2007 9:34:45 PM    awilliams   Posts: 32 Joined: 10/31/2007 From: Mountain Home, AR Status: offline Here's another. Attachment (1) < Message edited by awilliams -- 10/31/2007 10:20:58 PM > (in reply to awilliams) Post #: 8

RE: Strange Bottle - 10/31/2007 10:16:30 PM    awilliams   Posts: 32 Joined: 10/31/2007 From: Mountain Home, AR Status: offline Hey Tony,  I just recently sold 11 small bitters on ebay.  BUT, I did buy 3 more at the same flea market.  Attachment (1) (in reply to Tony14) Post #: 9

RE: Strange Bottle - 11/1/2007 1:22:24 AM    marjorie040 Posts: 371 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: offline Thanks for the picture a, I still love the bottle, regardless of it's age!! Now that you've been "bit", hope to see more posts soon! regards, _____________________________ marjorie040 McClellanville, sc (in reply to awilliams) Post #: 10

RE: Strange Bottle - 11/1/2007 1:37:24 PM    Just Dig it   Posts: 299 Joined: 5/7/2007 Status: offline hey there awilliams..newbie to newbie conversation time around 40-50 years back alot  of...well not knock offs  but  never  used fantasy bottles were made.some ideas from originals  (that tiny  booz cabin).among them some of yours. i personally have  seen about  7  different  takes  on your first bottle  colors  slight pattern variations...its  from  1990-present ....others were put  out  by  country  stores and  small glass places  to  try  to catch the allure and  appeal of old  bottles.(people always  need a link to their past) .although  newer 2 (years)  to this  hobby and also  easily  fooled at  first..dont  give  up  there are bottles  to be  found  out there ! there are alot  of  ways  to get better at  noticing newer bottles! im sure  everyone here will probably  drop some hints i will miss but here are some guidelines... bubbles usually arent  present in newer glass. and if  so are tiny if it says  wheaton nj on the bottom and has a indent  representing a pontil it isnt old glass after 1900 (i think its more like 1896  and i dont mean to ramble  anyone please correct me if i am wrong)......  will have lines..kinda like you see on a  glass beer bottle those are known as seams . glass before  this point  either has seems  ending lower then the  top of the bottle the lower generally the older .depending on the bottles  top.. and sometimes   they will have  no mold  lines Older bottles ... will have  a  glass circle located on the  bottom.that is a  raw   chippy little  glass circle.sometimes appearing to be  open into the bottle  this  is known as a pontil  this  usualy dates the bottle pre1870. it was caused  when snapping an iron rod (used in the glass blowing process) was snapped from the bottles bottom.. glass ripples .whittle marks.crude blobs of glass. objects blown in glass(rocks etc) are all other good hiunts  to an older bottle ask any question you want around here. these people have all helped me ..and  if you wish to pursue your hobby they can do the  same for you..good people ...good times..i hope i helped a little bit....dig long and prosper.... Eric jayy (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 11

RE: Strange Bottle - 11/1/2007 4:27:03 PM    awilliams   Posts: 32 Joined: 10/31/2007 From: Mountain Home, AR Status: offline Hey, Eric!  Thank you so much for the info.  I learn so much everyday.  I am VERY new to this but it is so addicting.  I bought a couple of bottles today that have a pontil (I think).  They have the circle mark on the bottom like you said and the seam lines do not run to the top.  I'm not sure if I got anything good or not, but it's fun anyway!  Thank You!!!!!!! (in reply to Just Dig it) Post #: 12

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