A few more figural colognes.

RICKJJ59W · Jul 23, 2009

Its the luck of the landing Jack. Here is how I look at it.When I find a bottle in a odd position and its un touched.and everything around it is broken,I was meant to find that bottle that day.It was in the bottle gods cards.[

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herenthere · Jul 24, 2009

To me the most amazing thing is how the heck these bottles didn't break from tipping over. I have some with giant blow-pipe pontils and the slightest nudge could cause one to tip over and crack the thin flared lips you mentioned. Over half of the colognes I've had or sold either titled or wobbled. Check this one out. Quality control was definitely not priority one. After reading books about the old gaffers and their working conditions one gets an idea as to why the pontils were left like that. I have a barrel cologne with a graphite pontil and it sits perfectly level, but those take just a few seconds longer to make.

herenthere · Jul 24, 2009

Jack, check this one out. I kid you not.....this bottle is as thin as paper in certain areas and actually wobbles by it's self. It's probably anywhere from the 1500's to the 1700's and maybe earlier. It's referenced in Bossche's "Antique Glass Bottles". It's a miracle to have made it this far. That's one of the most intriguing aspects of antique bottle collecting. Pontils, pontils, pontils.

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