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First bottle find of 2014. The ground is still frozen but when I went to my bottle dump, this was sitting on the top of a dirt pile I had from last time I was there. From what I can tell, It is a BIM. The side seams fall short about 1/2 inch from the lip. The bottle is 3" tall. As seen from the pictures, it is wider at the top than bottom. I think it is an apothecary bottle and guessing on a date range of 1860 to 1910.There appears to be a pontil scar on the bottom.Please check out my pictures and correct me or add to what this could have been or held.Thank YouI will add a picture for of what looks like a pontil scar.
 

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Pontil scar
 

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I can't tell for sure from the picture of the base but I don't think it's a pontil scar. It looks like a perfume vial from 1880 - 1910 to me.. I have a number of that type in my "Littles" collection.
 

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It looks like a cologne or perfume, love little bottles like that.
 

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I noted the thickness in the first picture, shown in the upper glass panel; It tells me the final blow might have been a little bit late. These old hand blown little bottles can tell us a lot about their creation. Nice glass. RED M.
 

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