As far as dating the bottle, I am just not sure. The glass looks 20th century, but the base wear looks significantly older.
I would rather call it "Globular" than an onion bottle.
It is the applied lip that is confusing. It is nicely flared for a purpose, maybe a master ink, or even an...
That certainly looks like a Pittsburgh area glasshouse double eagle shard to me. Not a GII-106 like my two but close. I'll hunt around a little tonight.
Were the other flasks smooth based (as well) ?
If you could, a few good pics of the base would be great. Try to show base wear around the circumference if present and of course the indentation, which is likely an iron pontil scar.
BTW, If you are only thinking about selling it, don't.
The very rare bottles stand to increase in value as well as any investment.
Give the extremely rare bottle 20 years or so and you can start adding zero's.
Thx for the pic with the dirt.
Great little gem.
It almost gets me excited enough to dig again.
But, never have I found a great bottle digging. (Unless you count digging through old boxes in an attic as digging lol).
I guess a cobalt radical cure bottle is my best dig find, and I actually...
I'm reasonably sure that bottle would bring $1000+ at Hecklers now. I've done a bit of business with Norm Sr. Jr. and of course Greg.
Just go the website and go to "contact us," attach a picture and your name and you will soon receive an auction estimate. The advantage here is some big...
Very cool, I too like those "frontier" area local bottles.
That said, not as much as some other bottles so I am selling one from my collection.
"Poison / The Sun / (Winged Mortar) / Drug Co. / Poison" Bottle,
"1/2 / CLG Co / Pat. Appld For"...