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Can anyone tell me what this is?
Certainly appears to be freeblown, but doesn't fit into the usual range of forms/style we are used to seeing, so together with the unusual "brightness" of colour, most would want to see closeups of lip and pontil mark at least before confirming it's age. There are plenty of repro/modern...- earlyglasscollector
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- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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EMPTY BOX ARRIVED FROM EBAY
Thanks for your comments guys, hope you are noting the seller id and making sure you aren't caught out by the same problem.- earlyglasscollector
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- Forum: Current Auctions and Sales
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EMPTY BOX ARRIVED FROM EBAY
yes I came out on top thanks...they refunded me like I said in the post...but no my whole business depends on trust and I'm always amazed how honest 99% of people on the internet are... :)- earlyglasscollector
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- Forum: Current Auctions and Sales
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EMPTY BOX ARRIVED FROM EBAY
RESULTS!!!!!!!!!FINALLY, after a lot of back and forth and hassle, including having to go to my local police station and get a crime number.....which they couldn't give me, but put me onto the national Internet Fraud Police department (based in London) who I rang through all the details and they...- earlyglasscollector
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- Forum: Current Auctions and Sales
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EMPTY BOX ARRIVED FROM EBAY
Still having to wait for this guy to respond, but hopefully i get the opportunity to get ebay to make a decision tomorrow...- earlyglasscollector
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- Forum: Current Auctions and Sales
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EMPTY BOX ARRIVED FROM EBAY
Well we've all heard about these and some of us have had them....and I shall just wait a few days for the guy to reply before I hit back, but a very nice empty box arrived a little while ago from America with what should have been a nice piece of Nailsea inside, but as the box was A. way too...- earlyglasscollector
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Witch bottle found during Newark Civil War Centre dig
...and I have got a barnful of witchbottles that haven't been filled yet!Though I DO have a witch stone, which is just a stone that sticks out of the wall (It's a 200 year old Cornish granite cottage) that is (was) supposed to catch the witch flying on her broomstick unawares and stop her flying...- earlyglasscollector
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- Forum: Digging and Finding
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How to ruin a perfectly good bottle
Eric, you can go into your facebook settings and make sure you only get notifications from REAL friends or none at all. It's usually quite simple. I'm afraid I'm having to admit that FB is beginning to dominate the scene and if my new FB group is anything to go by, then the whole system is...- earlyglasscollector
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- Forum: Current Auctions and Sales
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Pontil black glass !
ah sorry too late, lft this on my laptop overnight and can see now you have managed to clean it ok. Yes I would recommend now you seal it with some pva to keep the moisture in etc. Yes value as dw3000 says, and certainly more from the right market with contents. This could easily be double or...- earlyglasscollector
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- Forum: Pontils Only
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Pontil black glass !
Cleaning the cork depends a little on where it has been kept. Obviously a slightly stiff paintbrush to remove the dry dust and earthy deposits. Some bluetak may remove some further detritus. But it depends very much what there is covering the cork. I can only suggest experimenting carefully with...- earlyglasscollector
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- Forum: Pontils Only
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Pontil black glass !
Oh please don't ever remove any original contents! The bottle is French or possibly Belgian, c1770-1790, freeblown, blowpipe pontil, classic wine bottle for that era and place (that base edge mark is just a random manufacture aspect, not anything specifically caused by pontil tools or anything)...- earlyglasscollector
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- Forum: Pontils Only
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luckey to find these umbrellas
We certainly hardly ever find pontilled inks here in UK, you guys are so lucky with this period..:)www.earlyglass.com facebook group: Earlyglass for sale & show- earlyglasscollector
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- Forum: Pontils Only
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slick clear pontiled utilitys do they have any value
For all our massive range of bottles etc we find here, you guys certainly find pontilled much easier than us, (or else we haven't gotten onto digging the privies etc yet!). A good amount of our pre1850 stuff with pontils got recycled, so even though these aren't tremendous value it would be...- earlyglasscollector
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- Forum: Pontils Only
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Bottle Seal
That IS a "J"....when you have an "I" that has a centre serif it is or was a "J" so this is Jervis. Would ave been either a squat or cylinder. www.earlyglass.com- earlyglasscollector
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- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Need help with early bottle
Yes that's so true Eric. One of my other pet subjects is the referring of the well known Cologne water phials, the very long very slim bottles with long necks, some quite early- c1700, right up to c1840 molded, as being "WINE TASTERS" aaaarrrrrgh!!!!! particularly by US collectors who don't...- earlyglasscollector
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- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
