Is this a pontil mark?

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Re: RE: Is this a pontil mark?

Well I guess you got good answers. Empontiling bottles was done with the previous bottle blow pipe that laid on a ledge that kept the old glass hot enough to stick to the next one being made. The other method that developed involved a punty rod that was kept hot enough to work, but it was coated with different media, like fine glass sand size pieces, or sand, or graphite, and also dust from the mold shops machine shop. These materials were kept in a long wooden box - with a compartment for these media. The punty rods were made at different diameters for the different size bottles they wanted to attach. Darn we have company and the wife is calling me. RED Matthews
 

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Re: RE: Is this a pontil mark?

A lot of different punty rods were made for all kinds of glass making. I have a ten gallon demi that has a four inch punty rod pontil mark on it. I just can't visualize a man holding that up in the air on a blow pipe. Good mussels required. RED Matthews
 

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