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    TOC20 Scotch Whiskey Bottle. 3 pc. mold

    Your five images are consistently light amber. Individual computers (and cameras, I suppose) may vary in rendering colors, but I would expect to see some variance between images as the light angles and glass thickness change. I checked on my other computer to look for local color variance --...
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    Pre-Prohibition Labeled Half-Pints, Pints, Quarts, Demi-John's and miniatures.

    We'll look forward to seeing your collection. :D
  3. Harry Pristis

    Pre-Prohibition Labeled Half-Pints, Pints, Quarts, Demi-John's and miniatures.

    We'll look forward to seeing your collection. :p
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    Trying out the new poll feature! Northern sodas or southern sodas?

    Huh. 133 views, but only 9 votes. "No Preference" seems to be leading the poll. :)
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    TOC20 Scotch Whiskey Bottle. 3 pc. mold

    What a nice window bottle in light amber. I'd have said this is a TOC20 scotch whiskey bottle, if I had found it.
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    Pre-Prohibition Labeled Half-Pints, Pints, Quarts, Demi-John's and miniatures.

    Texting?? What need of texting to post images here? You're not one of those cowboys who are all hat and no cows, are you? An extensive/expensive bottle collection should be photographed for insurance purposes, at a minimum.
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    Pre-Prohibition Labeled Half-Pints, Pints, Quarts, Demi-John's and miniatures.

    Greetings, Frank. It's usually no fun having an extensive bottle collection unless you can show it (or some of it) to other collectors. How about some images of your demijohns . . . show me yours and I'll show you mine.
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    Civil War Bottle

    Like Jim G, I am uncertain of the origin of the bottle. It is not distinctively British, in my estimation. I don't like the "skirt" of the lip finish for British. I would like to see the color of the glass, but I am leaning toward American-made.
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    Civil War Bottle

    I think it looks right for the CW Era.
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    Old Bottle vs Art Piece?

    The form itself dates to 18th Century Europe; but, I think you're right -- this Central European spirits flask (schnapenflasche) is probably much younger. See ANTIQUE GLASS BOTTLES by Willy Van den Bossche, pp. 278-279. If you don't have this book, I have one to sell you. It's still in the...
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    Some with this bottle please

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    Did I just find what I think I found......... At the Goodwill?

    "Re-fired pontil" is a collector myth. Thought exercise: When in the bottle-making process -- the steps in producing the bottle, from gather to annealing -- could a pontil scar be re-fired??
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    Trying to identify this bottle

    The bird appears to have a halo around its head. That would make it "The Dove of Peace" or the "Holy Ghost" -- the Christian god, that is. What happened in the history of Christianity in 1319? On the other hand, the bird could be a poor representation of a martial eagle. What happened of...
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    Found at same Antique store today, Wine Bottle?

    I think I remember these being American whiskey bottles, collectible in distinctive colors.
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    Trying to identify this bottle

    It's a bocksbeutel bottle, probably European in origin. I don't see any reference to A. D. 1319 in the "angel number" web-site. Within the European Union, the Bocksbeutel enjoys the status of a protected bottle shape.[1] The regulations describe the Bocksbeutel as a short-necked glass bottle...
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