17th or 18th Century?

[cyberdigger]

I'm kinda curious as well.. how does one tell ????????

 

[capsoda]

Bunch of left handed weirdo freakes on this forum is what I say.....[sm=lol.gif][sm=lol.gif][sm=lol.gif]

It is easly seen isn't it. I always tryed to get everything balanced but it aint easy. Imagine how the owner of the house felt. [sm=lol.gif] I always tryed to stay away from balance when painting. Wonder if my mom still has all the crap I painted when I was young, before I learned I would starve tring to make a living at it. Turned to illicit women, alcohol and carpentry after that. [:-]

For the last 140 or so years they were mostly embossed so it is definatly an oldy.

 

[cyberdigger]

ORIGINAL: capsoda

Bunch of left handed weirdo freakes on this forum is what I say.....[sm=lol.gif][sm=lol.gif][sm=lol.gif]

Maybe so, but it's a statistical likelihood that we're grossly outnumbered by right handed weirdo freakes here.. and everywhere..[]

 

[capsoda]

It can git worse. My brother is one of them hambonedextreous fellas.... He can write with both hands without pokin hiself in tha eye. Shore nuff.

 

[Dabeel]

Hey Aaron,
I'd say bring it to the Antiques Roadshow.....they will be in San Jose,CA on August 15th

If it's the real deal as Sewellbottle says Congrats!

Doug

 

[CanYaDigIt]

I tried to grab some tickets for the Roadshow already but they were sold out, then I saw some for free on Craigslist and they were gone within minuets. Now I really wish I had some[:'(]. Maybe next time.

 

[kungfufighter]

No worries - there's nobody at the Roadshow who could tell you a lick about the bottle... To my eye the odd color (yes, German bottles of the period were made in amber but this shade seems well "off"), style of enameling (overly symmetrical and seemingly overdone in the incorporation of the cross within the initials) and lack of wear (to both the paint and the bottle itself) all make skeptical that this is an original.

 

[kungfufighter]

If you were to bring the bottle to the Federation Show you could ask John Pastor or Jim Hagenbuch for a hands on decision. Both are well versed in this category.

 

[pyshodoodle]

You know what stands out to my COMPLETELY UNTRAINED eye?

The whispiness of some of these lines. Is this common? I think most older professionally made stuff is more exact. But I know NOTHING about this type of thing.

 

[RED Matthews]

Hi CanYaDigIt, All I can say is that it is beautiful and you are one lucky man. I will PM you later regarding this bottles coverage. Thanks for showing it to us.
Also, I like the free art work and I especially enjoyed the lefties pointing out the details of what only a lefty would see.
RED M.