Robby Raccoon
Trash Digger
At the Grand Rapids bottle show last month, I was given this bottle.
What intrigues me about it is the dots which I think were the holes for attaching a plate in the mould. You can kinda see them on the panels in the photo below. All but one panel has them, which makes for an odd plate-mould bottle considering it's size and how tightly that embossing would wrap around it.
The base is rough, but unless it's some sort of relative of a sand pontil, I don't think it pontiled at all.
The top is applied and thin, flared.
Overall, I think it European: maybe from near Russia or the German states (before it became a unified country)?
The shape reminds me of some elixir bottles.
I'm going to guess that, if European, it dates between the 1870s and early 1900s.
But if anyone can tell me anything more about this fascinating little bottle, please do!
What intrigues me about it is the dots which I think were the holes for attaching a plate in the mould. You can kinda see them on the panels in the photo below. All but one panel has them, which makes for an odd plate-mould bottle considering it's size and how tightly that embossing would wrap around it.
The base is rough, but unless it's some sort of relative of a sand pontil, I don't think it pontiled at all.
The top is applied and thin, flared.
Overall, I think it European: maybe from near Russia or the German states (before it became a unified country)?
The shape reminds me of some elixir bottles.
I'm going to guess that, if European, it dates between the 1870s and early 1900s.
But if anyone can tell me anything more about this fascinating little bottle, please do!