Mystery Emerald Green Back Bar Bottle

gallery76americana · Jan 7, 2017

Hello Everyone:

I have a nice back bar bottle I know nothing about. 10" emerald green back bar bottle. Second photo with light behind it. Lower third is 12-sided with flat panels. Shoulder has 11-sided looped facets. Applied ring on neck, polished pontil. Pristine condition. I know with no label or no embossing it's a tough guess. Any thoughts?

Thanks
Andy

sunrunner · Jan 7, 2017

nice bottle . let's look at the bottom

gallery76americana · Jan 7, 2017

I will post a photo of the bottom on Monday. Does this bottle have any value?

botlguy · Jan 8, 2017

gallery76americana said:
I will post a photo of the bottom on Monday. Does this bottle have any value?

It definitely has value, how much depends on buyer and seller. My guess is $25 - $50. I used to have one exactly like it but in an Orange / Amber color. I always believed it to be a Brandy decanter from the late 1800s. It's made of very high quality lead glass.
Jim

gallery76americana · Jan 8, 2017

Thanks for the information. Wow, $25-$50 seems really cheap for higher quality glass in an early bottle. I would buy anything of this same quality all day long for that price!

gallery76americana · Jan 9, 2017

sunrunner said:
nice bottle . let's look at the bottom

Photo of the bottom.

Robby Raccoon · Jan 9, 2017

It isn't decently embossed or with decent label (or any at all). That always drops value.

saratogadriver · Jan 11, 2017

Ground pontil. There would have been a pontil mark, probably from a pontil rod, that was then ground off after the bottle was made. You see that a lot with decanters and more fancy types of blown table ware. It doesn't help on dating all that much tho, as there seems to have been a big range of time when they produced wares with ground pontils.

It DOES suggest that this isn't a reproduction or modern piece though.

Jim G

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