Help with green wine bottle

w045cag · Dec 22, 2013

From what I have found, this shape of bottle is from the mid 1600s. I would just like to know if this is an original or a reproduction. It doesn't look like it's machine made. I don't know very much about antique bottles so any identification would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Below is a picture of the front of the bottle.

w045cag · Dec 22, 2013

Picture of the side.

w045cag · Dec 22, 2013

And a picture of the seal. It appears to be an uppercase J and two stars.

epgorge · Dec 22, 2013

Probably a good guess on wine bottle. It has a demijohn look to it with an applied seal which usually gives the bottle more value. Not sure what the stars mean but a very nice bottle and I would assume it not a reproduction. The color and tooled look seem very old to me. I would think that seal would be easy enough to research.Joel

w045cag · Dec 22, 2013

Thank you! The reason I was thinking reproduction is because I looked up "wine bottle j two stars" and found a couple of other forum posts that had similar bottles and the same seal. Both of those posts said they were probably Jamestown Reproductions. I'm not really sure how to tell a reproduction from an original, though.

epackage · Dec 22, 2013

Looks like a repro, Jamestown probably the place...

ScottBSA · Dec 22, 2013

From the small picture it looks like it is full of small bubbles. I have a couple of pieces from our south of the border friends with the same evenly bubbled look. I am going with repro as well. The pictures I have seen of bottles from the 17th century usually show the glass as a much darker green. No facts here, only a guess. Scott

epgorge · Dec 22, 2013

Yes it does have a Spanish, south American or Italian look to it. What would it be a repro of?Joel

surfaceone · Dec 22, 2013

w045cag said:
Thank you! The reason I was thinking reproduction is because I looked up "wine bottle j two stars" and found a couple of other forum posts that had similar bottles and the same seal. Both of those posts said they were probably Jamestown Reproductions. I'm not really sure how to tell a reproduction from an original, though.

Hello w045cag, Welcome to the Blue Pages, and thanks for showing us your bottle. I'm in the Jamestown Gift Shop camp, also. Was this one of the links that you found? http://forum.antiquebottles-glass.com/discussion/404/bottle-seal-with-j-and-2-stars/p1 What does the base of yours look like? How'd you come upon it? It's meant to mimic a British shaft & globe.

http://britisharchaeology.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/highlights/bottlesandseals.html

epgorge · Dec 23, 2013

There you go. That is the glory of this sight. Knowledge. Someone will always come along with knowledge and once shared, it is easier to become general knowledge.

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