Old Rum Bottle find pre1700?

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shunyadragon

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My bottle is very lopsided at the base. The height varies from 4.00 to 4.35. The base is 3.75. The average ratio is 1.113
 
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I would also put this in the 1800's, probably mid 1800 due to the lip finish.
Jay
 

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I would also put this in the 1800's, probably mid 1800 due to the lip finish.
Jay

I am still looking at different references. All I have fairly conclusively determined is that it is after 1760.

Do you have a reference that describes the different lip finishes?
 

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I am still looking at different references. All I have fairly conclusively determined is that it is after 1760.

Do you have a reference that describes the different lip finishes?




I wish you would post a profile image of the bottle, a close-up of the lip finish, and an image of the pontil-scar. You are much more likely to get a reliable ID if you will do so. For comparison:

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Hard to tell from the angle on the one picture of the bottle, but it looks to me like that lip is going to be somewhere in the 1790-1810 range on the illustration of lip forms. If that illustration is definitive, it's an earlier bottle than 1820. Nice!
 

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Mid 18th century,probably used by a mariner,sailor to pass away his time at sea? If it could only talk! You should keep info about it,with it,When and where you found it,Very nice find.
 

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Based on coins we found with similar bottles in Charleston, SC I would guess 1820 +/- 10 years. We found Spanish coins dating back to the 1780's and US coins from the first and second decade of the 1800's. Nice piece, I would have left the oysters on it.
 

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