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Sir.Bottles

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this is my oldest bottle so far. free blown dutch porter bottle. To crude to be true! I think it's ca 1750s.

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Here is the close up of the top.

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It's not a very rare bottle. somebody list the similar bottle for sale at eBay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nice-Dutch-Porter-/270807761808?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f0d668390#ht_500wt_969
 

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Now that is a nice bottle. We have two bottles like that belonging to two bottle club members. I wondered about the bottom of yours? RED Matthews
 

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Very nice, some people would want it all clean and shiny but I think that is perfect. It makes me [:)][:)]!
 

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Thanx for the advise Eric![:)]
To Red:
Will post the bottom image ASAP!

By the way I got 3 of em![sm=lol.gif][sm=lol.gif][sm=lol.gif]

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Here is the backlighted bottom.[:)]

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Here is the botom Red[:)]

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Here is the closer look of the pontil Scar! You see chunk of glass fragment the top of pontil scar?

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Man, Leonard,

Those are some beautiful examples! Thanks for showing us.

Unfortunately, there were no old Dutchmen running around my neck of the woods, back in those days.

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