Anyone seen these before?

[Roger]

They are up on eBay at the moment and the seller doesn't know what they are and I don't either - anyone? Dug in the UK btw.

 

[tazmainiendigger]

`Hi Roger it sure looks like a pepper sauce to me... The bottles in my pix are a ringed early Guldens mustard, A christmas tree shaped pepper sauce and a iron pontiled pepper or ketchup... P:S thanks for the fine forum Roger! Taz[]

 

[Pontiled]

They are definitely peppersauce bottles (I used to collect them). They usually sell for $10 - $15 each, if mint.

 

[Roger]

Thank you both.

 

[Harry Pristis]

Hello, Roger . . .

I have one of these "sauce" bottles. Mine was imported from England along with other low-end, Late Victorian bottles.

My example has a flat place on the side that spans two ridges. No doubt, this was for a small label. The lip is applied.

Amazingly enough, this bottle seems to have a pontil scar! I would call it a "sand pontil," and very fine sand it is! It is almost invisible, but it is enough to shred a fingernail dragged across it.

I have seen another one of these. A dealer (who sells bottles) has been trying to sell it at big antique shows for some outrageous price -- $120, IIRC.

---------Harry Pristis