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dots on snuff bottles - 3/24/2004 10:35:13 PM    e3ck   Posts: 1 Joined: 3/24/2004 Status: offline Hi everone, could anyone tell me the meaning of the dots on the bottom of the old brown snuf bottles < Message edited by e3ck -- 3/24/2004 10:38:20 PM > _____________________________ Thanks and God Bless Post #: 1

RE: dots on snuff bottles - 3/24/2004 11:19:08 PM    Gunsmoke47 Posts: 1160 Joined: 12/29/2003 From: TEXAS Status: offline Hello and welcome to the Forum. I am not an expert on Snuff bottles but I believe the number of dots indicated the strength of the snuff. The more dots, the stronger the snuff. If I'm wrong, someone will let us know. Hope this helps, Kelley (in reply to e3ck) Post #: 2

RE: dots on snuff bottles - 8/2/2008 11:26:54 AM    oldengine   Posts: 3 Joined: 5/9/2008 Status: offline I have heard and read in eBay listings that the dots on the bottom of these jars, were an indication of the strength of the snuff. I have been studying vent dots on old bottles for about 15 years and I have a good explanation for them. But I haven’t read in any of my reference books about the dots, being an indication of the contents strength. http://www.bottlemysteries.com/2008/08/snuff-bottle-mystery/ (in reply to Gunsmoke47) Post #: 3

RE: dots on snuff bottles - 8/2/2008 1:32:49 PM    capsoda Posts: 7917 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline The snuff jar in the photo looks a little to old for vent marks. My dad explained the marks on the bottom of the jars when I was young. Later molds had the dots in straight lines until four and five dots which were usually in a square and X pattern. Earlyer jars seem to have them put in more random patterns. Vent holes would be placed in different places on the jar not just on the bottom. The jars were filled before the labels were put on because of the staining properties of the snuff so the packers needed the dots to know what went where. Most folks were illiterate back then so dots were used instead of words. 5 and 6 dots would indicate heavy snuff for the mouth which was not to be sniffed. I also believe that vent marks would be quite a bit smaller on a jar the size of a snuff jar. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to oldengine) Post #: 4

RE: dots on snuff bottles - 8/2/2008 2:03:59 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5157 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline The posters above are correct, it is an indication of the snuff potentcy. Even the early snuffs used similar methods. Here is a pontil snuff I found that has two rod marks for the same indication... Attachment (1) _____________________________ 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 capsoda) Post #: 5

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