It's OK Mark....don't worry. Like many other things...these bottles will have their time. But for now, our job is to continue collecting and documenting when we can so that these bottle stay preserved and safe for the future.If the general bottle community under-rates them there's no sense in...
OK...lets look at it both ways. 1) if we say they are old it is relatively easy to prove it in my opinion simply based on archaeological evidence,old museum relics,bottles with incredibly heavy base wear,impacted dirt,internal stain,surface scratches..etc...I have many specimens in that...
I believe this bottle is from Afghanistan 18th Century, If you refer to Steven Carboni's book..Glass From Islamic Lands ...you will see a similar bottle with the same snapped off lip and crimped rope lip. If you have trouble with this you can email me directly at electrocrypt @shaw.ca, The...