General Grant? bottle - Please help us identify!

[brad or cat]

This bottle was dug back in the early 70s in the Tintic area of Utah. Our best guess is that it is a figural of General Ullysses Grant (sp?). Can anyone tell us ANYTHING about this bottle?

Picture cropped to a reasonable size! - Admin

 

[Bluegrass]

The only thing I would say is that it doesn't look old enough to be pontiled. That mouth and lip looks very 1900 ish.

 

[Harry Pristis]

I can tell you that this figural bottle is not listed in Albert C. Revi's 1970 book, AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS AND FIGURAL BOTTLES.

The French produced a lot of interesting figural bottles around the turn of the 19th Century, but I don't know if this is one of them.

------------Harry Pristis

 

[swizzle]

Wow this is an old post. I saw the same bottle today. On the bottom it is embossed "MADE IN ITALY". Is there any value to this one at all? I saw the made in italy and assumed it was a wine bottle, maybe from the 1960/70's. Am I wrong? Swizzle

 

[brad or cat]

No, it is not pontiled but definately dates from the turn of the century or before. No made in Italy embossing, either.

 

[swizzle]

The bottle I saw today is identical in likeness, so it is probably a repro of your bottle. Thanx for the reply. Swizzle

 

[swizzle]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Large-12-high-bust-of-a-man-figural-bottle-Italy_W0QQitemZ300041209338QQihZ020QQcategoryZ13910QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Here's the bottle I was talking about. I can get this identical bottle for $15. I might be able to talk the woman down to $12 but its not in the lines of the type of bottles that I collect. Swizzle

 

[zanes_antiques]

if you look at the item posted here and compare the ebay to it you will see. for one it has a flared lip and the ebay one has a tapered lip. first thing I noticed.

 

[brad or cat]

Very interesting bottle, Swizzle! Thanks for showing it here.

But, they are not the same bottle as the one I posted above. Could be a repro I agree, but there are differences in the man's face structure.

Brad

 

[swizzle]

Yeah I definately see the difference now. I just wanted to show you which one I was talking about. I like yours much better. Not just for the value but because its a better looking bottle. So you can see where I thought it was a repro of some type then. Swizzle