lets play the forum's favorite game: NEW or OLD? Open pontilled free blown pitcher

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bottles_inc

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hey everyone. long time no see. would love some input from our resident experts on this piece i found.
Points for it being old: heavy ring of wear on the base (which i tried to capture in the pics), a couple of loose pieces of iron/slag in the base, light scratches on the body, water pours very well out of it (whoever pulled the spout seemed like they were experienced)
points against: the color, placement of the spout is pretty crappy (makes me think student glass proj), the handle is hollow/bubble which i haven't seen on many pieces

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tried to capture the wear
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pic from the inside, shows the pontil/wear nicely

thoughts? Old, and if so, how old? was it for water? and the age old question, if it's the real deal, how much is it worth? I don't collect free blown stuff and especially not pitchers so if its a good piece i'd like to sell it to buy a nice soda or some NYC flasks or something.
 

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I'm voting new as well, in my inexpert opinion. It just looks wrong for genuine antique glass. The base wear could have been faked or it could have sat for a while on someone's rough granite countertop and they kept pushing it out of the way when they wanted to use the space.
 

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Give it to somebody that likes plants. Might make a handy H20 carrier. Otherwise, maybe a couple of bucks at the fleas. Still, its slightly squatty in a sneaky seductive kind of way...
 

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Here's a Pitcher I dug in a 1860's 70's Privy for comparison that had some pontiled puffs in it. Looks similar to the Kool-Aid Pitcher? Unfortunately the Bottom was broke. LEON.

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Hey bottles_inc, I think it is a recent piece. BUT can you please give us more background on where you got it? Flea market, antique store, junk shop, thrift store, yard sale, estate sale? Area of country? (you don't need to be specific). Sometimes the known provenance can give us clues....
 

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