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Small Medicine?

Thank you!
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- Post #5
- Jan 13, 2013
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Small Medicine?

And the bottom
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- Post #3
- Jan 13, 2013
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Small Medicine?

A view of the top
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- Post #2
- Jan 13, 2013
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Small Medicine?

Small medicine? This little bottle has been sitting on my curio shelf for a couple of years. It was found during a dive in the harbor of Banda Neira in Indonesia. The port was used extensively by the Dutch (and intermittently by the British) during the spice trade. Our dive boat spent several...
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- Jan 13, 2013
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- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Zara - age range?

Thanks so much for the info! Iâ€™ve just started collecting in earnest this past year so Iâ€™m still at the stage of being thrilled to just find one of something - I can't even imagine the day I find a second example. This one gets to stay on the â€œprettiesâ€ shelf.
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- Post #9
- Jan 6, 2013
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Zara - age range?

One last photo showing the features I love most about this bottle: the sides are indented slightly and the blob of glass where the seal was applied gives it a lot of character. I know I originally asked if the age is pre or post 1900 but now I want to know more! Does any of this help narrow down...
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- Post #7
- Jan 5, 2013
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Zara - age range?

Close-up of the seal. Not all the letters are discernable but based on what I can see and other posts, I believe this is correct: â€œI-R-PRIV FAB MARASCHINO F. DRIOLI ZARAâ€
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- Post #6
- Jan 5, 2013
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Zara - age range?

OK, back with more photos, per Redâ€™s request. The base is not empontilled; in fact it appears to have some embossing but I cannot make out the letters. Next photo is close-up of seal.
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- Post #5
- Jan 5, 2013
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Zara - age range?

And a close-up view of the seal:
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- Post #2
- Jan 4, 2013
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Zara - age range?

Here is another bottle that I found on the same dive in Bermuda when I found the cobalt blue bottle. I think I can see seams on two opposing corners, near the shoulder. They are very faint ,only about an inch long and stop before the neck. The bottle was full of muck but cleaned up nicely by...
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- Jan 4, 2013
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- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Square, cobalt blue

Thanks so much for the info - it is definitely the centerpiece of my small collection.
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- Post #5
- Jan 4, 2013
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Square, cobalt blue

Here is a look at the bottom:
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- Post #2
- Jan 4, 2013
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Square, cobalt blue

I have been stricken by the bottle bug so I joined this forum on recommendation by two friends who are members. I am a scuba diver and until recently placed my occasional bottle finds on my curio shelf with the intention to â€œlook it up laterâ€. This past year during two trips to Bermuda, we...
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- Jan 4, 2013
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- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900