Late 1700's to early 1800's South Jersey glass Piranha.

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My new pet fish arrived today another end of day glass whimsey.This bottle was originally intended to be a pocket flask.
The artist who created it did an excellent job considering he had limited time to attach the fins,lips footed stand ect and the
applied string work which completely surrounds the entire body of the fish.Kidding about the piranha obviously but probably
fashioned after a sunny or perch.The fish stands 7 inches in length and is an inch to an inch and a half wide.
The fins were applied using the same pair of tongs because of the cross hatch marks left on the glass by the tool.The color of the glass
is green with a light aqua mixed in.The applied threads or (strings) to the bottle is a signature of a German Palitine glass gaffer's work.
There is also located on the fishes mouth the remnants of an iron pontil mark

I really like this bottle quite a bit and have never seen another this old before.I always have my eyes open for these end of day products
because 99 perecnt of the time they are a lot rarer then their glass bottle counterparts.One of the ways I use to determine whether or not a
whimsey is old is by the amount of dirt and impurities in the glass.Some one who would mass produce these would have much cleaner glass
to work with.Here are some pictures of the fish in close.The color tells me the Gloucester glass works in Clementon New Jersey might be a candidate
along with the Glassboro New Jersey works of Heston and Carpenter.

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Number 7,a large potstone is located in the threading not the body of the bottle.

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Number 8,The footed base stand.

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Number 9 The tail portion of the fish.

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