Steve/sewell
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I picked up this old Mt Vernon glass works made Lynch and Clarke Mineral water.The bottle does have damage but is whole.The damage is a star Crack beginning at the letter C in the word LYNCH .From this star crack a long crack travels up to the bottom of the double taper neck a half inch crack travels down to the letter E in the word NEW. The color of the glass is light olive green loaded with tiny bubbles. The bottle has a short squatty neck and a double tapered applied top typical of these bottles.The neat part about this bottle is I believe it is a 4 part mold, as a horizontal seam barley discernable traverses the bottle beginning at a point a quarter inch above where the shoulder begins to taper towards the neck of the bottle.It is at this same point where you follow up from the base of the bottle the Vertical seam and where it meets and passes through this horizontal seam the vertical line has a slight offset (16th of an inch) to one side as it travels up through to the neck.The bottom of the bottle has a nice early looking one inch indented base with 4 vent hole marks and a center thick seam.This looks to be a very early version of the Lynch and Clarke bottles.Caz or Wolfy do either of you have this same bottle and what is your familiarity with it.
This is only my 4th Mineral water bottle as Red Matthews got me hooked on these after seeing part of his collection.
I will upgrade to a damage free one as time and money permits but this will suffice for now .
This is only my 4th Mineral water bottle as Red Matthews got me hooked on these after seeing part of his collection.
I will upgrade to a damage free one as time and money permits but this will suffice for now .
