Wheelah23
Well-Known Member
Didn't know where to post this, but I figured this section isn't used very much, so I'd post it here! [&:]
Anyway, I got this bottle from a woman who may or may not have dug it in Staten Island. I can't be sure, but I do think it was blown somewhere on the East Coast. I don't want to use the "S" word, but the color is right... [>:] Anyway, it's a nice, very crude 1860's seam sided flask. That in itself, I don't think is overly unusual. However, around the base area are flecks of sand! I can't imagine why a non-pontiled bottle like this would have sand on it. My guess, and this is a totally random guess, is that the bottom of the annealing furnace was lined with sand so that the glass wouldn't stick to the bricks, or whatever the furnace was made of. Is that something that was done? Otherwise, I wonder why there was sand around when this flask was molten!
Or maybe it's just un-melted sand from when the silica was first melted? I'm just grasping at straws. Any help would be appreciated.
Anyway, I got this bottle from a woman who may or may not have dug it in Staten Island. I can't be sure, but I do think it was blown somewhere on the East Coast. I don't want to use the "S" word, but the color is right... [>:] Anyway, it's a nice, very crude 1860's seam sided flask. That in itself, I don't think is overly unusual. However, around the base area are flecks of sand! I can't imagine why a non-pontiled bottle like this would have sand on it. My guess, and this is a totally random guess, is that the bottom of the annealing furnace was lined with sand so that the glass wouldn't stick to the bricks, or whatever the furnace was made of. Is that something that was done? Otherwise, I wonder why there was sand around when this flask was molten!
Or maybe it's just un-melted sand from when the silica was first melted? I'm just grasping at straws. Any help would be appreciated.