Crudely etched glass on oddly shaped bottle?

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RelicRaker

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Appreciate any help in getting an age or ID on this find (see pic).

Here's what I know:
• 6" bottle
• clear glass
• unembossed
• crude etched pattern with obvious irregularities and ornamental concave circles (not bubbles)
— The site has produced bottles from the 1870s (McKinney blobs) and from the 1890s (teal shoe polish). Etched glass bottle 2.jpg
 

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Is there any wear around that ridge part way up? Looks like it could have sat in a warmer/vaporizer base.
 

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Dumpdiver - The underside of the rim does show some uniform wear. Could have sat in a base.
Oh and get this—the top half has a seam, but the bottom doesn't.
 

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Yeah I'm almost certain that's a cruet, it certainly sat in a base of some sort. Not sure what would have gone on the top, must have had some sort of metal cap.
 

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Yes, the wear pattern on the lip is consistent with there having been a metal cap seated there.
 

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I went back to the site in hopes of finding the little metal cap or some other vessels from the set... but no luck.
 

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