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This was my grandmothers. In 1972 she had made a list of her valuable possessions. This bottle is on the list and she stated at that time that is was over 100 years old. Not sure why she thought that and if she was correct. No markings on it. Has a small chip on top. Other than that it appears to be in very good condition. Any experts have any thoughts on what it may be and value? Thank you.
 

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Could you post a picture of the lip from the side? It certainly doesn't look like it predates 1872 to me, but I'm not sure how old it is or what it is.
 

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Here are a few more photos
 

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Hmm that's definitely a very interesting piece. I'm getting a turn of the century vibe to it from that lip, but I've also never seen anything like it before. Hopefully someone here will recognize it.
 

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I believe Jim S has the date right on the bottle but it looks to me the crackling was done at a later date. It was a craze in the 1980's and 1990's for crafters to crackle glass bottles and insulators like that for decorative purposes.
 

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I don't believe this was done post manufacture. I am very familiar with the crackling done to insulators and it cracked the entire piece. The neck of this bottle is not crackled. How'd they do that?
Jim S
 

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I wouldn't think a bottle manufacture would crackle the heel and the bottom of the bottle. The way to crackle it like this is not cool at a fast rate on the neck by keeping it out of the cold water you immersed the rest of the bottle in thus not causing it to cool real fast and crackle like the rest of the bottle. What would be the purpose of a manufacturer to crackle and weaken the bottle to put a product in.
 

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Glass manufacturers have the ability to do this sort of thing for decoration purposes without weakening the glass. All sorts of decorator / art ware is found everywhere with this appearance, usual with garish bright colors. I'll see of I can find some examples online.
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