any ideas on *this* one? pic included...

[greenpoison]

Anyone have any ideas on what this bottle is?

It stands about 5 inches tall, the base width and length are both about 3 3/4 inches.
The weird thing is that the neck is off set! On one face of the neck is embossed:
"L D. PATENTED JULY 4TH 1871" Which is both cool and frustrating because its tough to find US patent info before 1872 [] Its also a weird piece because even with such a huge neck, the seam stops at its base.

Any ideas appreciated. Thank you.
-greenpoison

 

[ronvae]

That embossing looks faint enough that there could be more & maybe it just looks like whittling now...do you think it would be worth holding paper up to each side & going over it with charcoal to see if anything else shows up? I forget what they call that...[8|]

 

[capsoda]

Take a stand off pic, it kind of looks like a lab flask for mixing chemicals.

 

[greenpoison]

here's another pic...

 

[greenpoison]

sorry folks for the super large pics [8|]
some how there still under 200 k though []

Someone told me they thought this was a master ink,
which would be *great*, but I've never seen a master ink
anything like this, has anyone?
Such a large neck doesn't seem practicle for pouring...

 

[southern Maine diver]

Greenpoison...

How about a "bud" vase or some kind of holder for a single rose or flower? It looks like whatever purpose it was made for, they needed a very stable base to keep it from falling over or for balance?[8|]

Wayne

 

[TROG]

It may be an old battery jar. How large is the neck opening.

 

[poisons4me]

The one post is correct its a battery jar and instaed of an acid fill line used the curve as line,very cool and collectable.

 

[greenpoison]

Thank you all for your help![]

poisons4me: I didn't know there were batteries in the 1870's... learn something every day. Is there a name for this type of poison bottle? btw - the neck is 1 5/8" x 1 5/8 inches.

~gp

 

[poisons4me]

Batteries have been found dating back to the romans and before,you can make one work,fill to line (or bend in neck) with sulphuric acid and finish with distilled water,insert 2 lead plates-1 on each side of opening(cannot touch) and a wire off the top of each and presto-voltage (not much but there none the less,farmers put them in series,i found 12 in a wooden crate rig one time and still have 3.He used it for the fence..happy new year