Dive find - guessing this is pre 1900...

[wsconner]

Found this diving with my 11 yr old son in Lake Winnipesaukee (NH) and based on all the great info on this website, I am guessing it is pretty old. I was hoping someone could pinpoint the age and/or provide more info. It is hand blown, very thick, what appears to be "black" of very dark amber. Not much light goes through it. The neck is asymmetrical (bulging on one side) and the top appears to be shaped to accept some type of cap or cork. that is also not consistent in shape.

Thanks again--this site is very interesting.

 

[wsconner]

just wanted to add a view of the bottom of this...

 

[TROG]

Hi,
This bottle appears to be English and was made in a 3 piece mold and would date to around 1880 and was used for stout / beer / wine etc

 

[wsconner]

thanks for the info and quick reply. Is a 3 piece mold part of hand blowing? just learning and trying to understand the difference. i thought it was handblown because the bottom has a very clear dimple where I assume the rod was used to hold it during the process...

 

[RED Matthews]

Well vsconner; I can see the three part mold seam. It also looks like there is a little sloppy glass under the tooled finish. The picture of the bottom does not really show the center dent of a punte rod attachment, but it is probably there. It is obviously a nice old bottle - but the push-up of the bottom must have been created by a bottom plate mold part. English or American is hard to tell, from my knowledge. RED Matthews

 

[Blackglass]

Pretty cool you found that in Winnipesauke. I live literally less then 20 minutes away.

 

[wsconner]

thanks for the explanation. it's great to get some accurate info on the history. my son is pretty proud of himself. we'll try and clean it up and find a good spot for it..

 

[wsconner]

reply to Blackglass. Yes, right off Smith Pt. there were a couple of saucers right near where we found the bottle...buried under a big rock that we couldn't budge. guessing they were related. probably slid right off the gunwale by accident. can't believe the bottle was sitting there for all those years...

 

[mctaggart67]

Black glass travelled, for sure. I have an English porter bottle, circa 1830, that was found at an old fur trade encampment in the Alberta foothills.

 

[riverdiver]

Hi wsconner,

Nice find, if Smith Point is in Alton and you have a boat you could also try Wolfboro Bay in front of Brewster Academy, if you dont have a boat it is a short swim from Clark Street beach. I have recovered several bottles similar to yours along with a fair amount of fired minnie balls (50) caliber. Local history states that the 5th NH Regiment mustered out at Brewster Academy and sighted their rifles in on targets on the ice. The fired balls eventually fell to the bottom in the spring and can still be found today by fanning the sands away about 100 yards off shore.