Dutch Onion with Swirl!

[Robby Raccoon]

The only bottle I picked up at the West Michigan bottle show.
C. 1720-1760 "Dutch onion" bottle like that which Jack Sparrow might have drank from if he were real.

It features an amber swirl wrapping around it two and a half times from an inclusion in the neck which is next to a large bubble.

Clean as a whistle but not tumbled as it still shows heavy base wear .

Ex. Heckler auction.

 

[yacorie]

Nice bottle. Always great to find ones with unique attributes that make it more enjoyable to look at

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Nice bottle. Always great to find ones with unique attributes that make it more enjoyable to look at

It's outside of my normal collecting interest, but the swirl won me over. I paid a good price for it too.

 

[Harry Pristis]

Made for the "Dutch market" in Belgium or Germany, according to Van den Bossche. My understanding is that these straight-sided, bright green onions are German in origin, but it's uncertain. Yours is an excellent example!

My example is loaded with surface flaws -- ripples and adhesions, though the lip is precisely finished.