Any ideas as to the use of this pontil bottle?

[cowsgomoo]

I think it’s free blown since a dip mold should have made the body more evened where it meets the shoulder. This bottle is not thick at all and I was surprised at how light it is. I can’t imagine how anything could be stored in it with a cork since you’d break the bottle taking it out.

 

[UncleBruce]

I have heard these called "PUFFS". Only took the glass blower a single puff to make. Could have contained any number of liquid products. Very nice.

 

[RIBottleguy]

Medicine bottle from the early 1800s. Yes they are surprisingly thin.

 

[saratogadriver]

I've seen them with ink labels as well, but they are indeed typically thought of as medicine bottles.

Jim G