Non typical autralian bottle

[FORT]

Hi,

This is one of the bottles I have the most trouble with. These are Australian bottles that were given to me. I have three of the same type, two dated 1918 and one 1921 (dates engraved in the glass). I assume they're beer bottles.

The problem, in fact, is to understand how they were made: some clues suggest that they were machine-made, but the mould marks on the neck don't match and suggest a tooled finishing, and therefore a blown bottle (see photo in attachment). I can send you photos if you need them.

Have you had similar cases?

Thanks for your help and for sharing.

Christine

 

[CanadianBottles]

Welcome to the forum! These bottles are definitely machine-made. A tooled bottle can't have seams which run all the way to the top of the lip. What you're seeing is just a bit of imperfection in the glass, early machine-made bottles commonly had that sort of thing.

 

[Hezezilla]

I have a early machine made beer from Japan that is extremely wrinkled. I deal with a lot of early Japanese bottles and most have super crazy imperfections. Ill post pics in a bit.

 

[Hezezilla]

My wrinkly machine-made crown top Japanese import beer.

Here's some other odd ones:

Notice the wrinkles on the shoulder and neck of this Kinsen soda bottle. Unfortunately cracked in shipping.

Lots of bubbles, swirls, and really uneven glass in this Mitsuya cider bottle, interestingly machine made instead of the usual turn-molds.

Misshapen medicine bottle. This one's blown and tooled but I share it because of how crazy the slug plate is. Not totally uncharacteristic of Japanese hospital bottles.

 

[FORT]

Welcome to the forum! These bottles are definitely machine-made. A tooled bottle can't have seams which run all the way to the top of the lip. What you're seeing is just a bit of imperfection in the glass, early machine-made bottles commonly had that sort of thing.

Thank you very much for your reply... It's great to be able to chat like this !

 

[FORT]

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My wrinkly machine-made crown top Japanese import beer.

Here's some other odd ones:

Notice the wrinkles on the shoulder and neck of this Kinsen soda bottle. Unfortunately cracked in shipping.
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Lots of bubbles, swirls, and really uneven glass in this Mitsuya cider bottle, interestingly machine made instead of the usual turn-molds.
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Misshapen medicine bottle. This one's blown and tooled but I share it because of how crazy the slug plate is. Not totally uncharacteristic of Japanese hospital bottles.
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Thank you very much for your reply and your post. I's a beautiful bottle. It's a piece of history !