NewbieBottleHunter
Active Member
I am impressed at the depth of knowledge to be found from the members of this forum. My first post of a question on an embossed Codd bottle received quick and informative replies. This next post is not likely to be as easy to supply information for but I'm curious as to what the forum gurus can tell me about this next bottle.
The bottle is "black glass" and quite obviously made in a 3-piece mold (the mold parts were not very close fitting or aligned and the seams very visible). As expected this bottle has an applied finish and some excess glass squeeze-out is visible. This bottle is one of my favorite finds as it is very "rustic" - the neck is not particularly straight, the bottom of the bottle is rather oval and the bottle does not sit flat but rocks due to the irregular base.
I'm assuming (or more possibly hoping) that this means this is an older 3-piece bottle (and not just one made crudely by not so experienced glass makers). So my questions are the following: Given there are no makers marks nor embossing on this bottle to aid in identification, is it possible based on the construction techniques alone to give a date range estimate for this bottle? Secondly, other than the obvious answer (a fluid), is it possible to guess what type of beverage a bottle of this type was likely to hold? I don't know enough about old bottles yet to be able to distinquish wine bottles from rum, whiskey, or ale bottles - or even to know if such a question is a silly one.
Any information that might be possible for this bottle would be greatly appreciated. As I say it is one of my favorites of my incipient collection and I'd love to know more about this rustic bottle.
Thanks in advance,
-Newbie
The bottle is "black glass" and quite obviously made in a 3-piece mold (the mold parts were not very close fitting or aligned and the seams very visible). As expected this bottle has an applied finish and some excess glass squeeze-out is visible. This bottle is one of my favorite finds as it is very "rustic" - the neck is not particularly straight, the bottom of the bottle is rather oval and the bottle does not sit flat but rocks due to the irregular base.
I'm assuming (or more possibly hoping) that this means this is an older 3-piece bottle (and not just one made crudely by not so experienced glass makers). So my questions are the following: Given there are no makers marks nor embossing on this bottle to aid in identification, is it possible based on the construction techniques alone to give a date range estimate for this bottle? Secondly, other than the obvious answer (a fluid), is it possible to guess what type of beverage a bottle of this type was likely to hold? I don't know enough about old bottles yet to be able to distinquish wine bottles from rum, whiskey, or ale bottles - or even to know if such a question is a silly one.
Any information that might be possible for this bottle would be greatly appreciated. As I say it is one of my favorites of my incipient collection and I'd love to know more about this rustic bottle.
Thanks in advance,
-Newbie