Decanter?

[deenodean]

A fellow collector showed me this. About 2' tall, pontiled, finished top, clear. Any info as to what it is, where manufactured, year etc would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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[cowseatmaize]

Some vineyards, especially in Italy bottled the cheap a$$ wine in fancy bottles and charged a lot more for it because of the container just to get rid of the product. That's what I think it is. They did that, until very recently if the don't still. My guess is 1920's.

 

[2find4me]

Yes definitely looks like one of those fancy Italian wine bottles.

 

[botlguy]

I would agree with the above answers but the "Tubular, open Pontil" scar (if that's what that is) has me questioning. I've never seen that on a cheap wine French / Italian 20th century bottle before. It also could be an even more recent product found in "Pier One" type stores but again the pontil scar has me wondering. Jim

 

[sunrunner]

it looks like a high end decanter.it is European and may have been made as a center piece .

 

[deenodean]

Thanks guys for your impressions. Ya that thing is old , especially with that pontil mark.

 

[nhpharm]

I think 1890-1920 French or Italian wine bottle for sure. Seen them with labels before. Many of them are pontiled. Tooled lip so that gives the timeframe as well.