My favourite postman delivers again!....

earlyglasscollector · Nov 28, 2012

Yes, I was handed a parcel today, and inside one of my favourite forms...

one of the forms I actually collect myself rather than sell on.

I'll add some others I already have soon....
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AntiqueMeds · Nov 28, 2012

Interesting color. almost aqua.

blobbottlebob · Nov 28, 2012

Crazy. Really crude. What is it?

epackage · Nov 28, 2012

Cool, how old?

Asterx · Nov 29, 2012

Great form indeed, reminds me of what a "potion" bottle would look like... Asterix and Obelisk comes to mind... something Getafix would have concocted [

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earlyglasscollector · Nov 29, 2012

Thanks guys,
Yes it's probably English/Colonial though difficult to say this old and particularly with "phials" where common forms related across the whole of the continent. They are usually termed an apothecary's onion and although they look very shaft and globey, these small versions usually are not quite as old as the form (in comparison to the evolution of wine forms) would make you believe. This one I think is 17th Century, just, possibly 1680/90 something like that.
As the name suggests they were usually for apothecary use, very much like asterisk80 suggested with his "potions" imagery, and if you look at any Breugel painting you will see a few in interiors on the shelves, and particularly in the apothecary scenes.
yes they are great classics, the form is just everything that an early freeblowN should be in one's mind.
It is dark aqua yes. greeny rather than bluey, most forest related blown glass tends to be this colour (blown with wood fired furnaces).
Think that's about it. Will try and find a few others to compare..
Back later
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AntiqueMeds · Nov 29, 2012

the color seems very similar to a lot of Roman glass.

earlyglasscollector · Nov 29, 2012

Yes, all the pre 1700 utility phials are of this same colour, the Verre de Fougerre or Forest Glass effect, which of course goes way back through mediaeval periods striaght through to the Romans. Indeed many Roman forms remained more or less unchanged right through to the Renaiisance.

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earlyglasscollector · Feb 14, 2013

This one is a bit overdue...it arrived a couple weeks back but thought people would like to see...

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earlyglasscollector · Feb 14, 2013

...here's another pic. Shows the handle this time....

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