Glass-footed apothecary phial found on Australian beach?

[SCIENCE]

Hi,

I found this on the beach after very large swells, just laying on the sand, no digging required. It was a significant swell event causing lots of erosion and damage. The site (Newcastle, NSW) has many shipwrecks offshore, from memory as early as 1793. Could it really be something old? or am I getting excited over some 1920s laboratory eqiupment?

I'm new here so I've only done an afternoons worth of research which I've listed below. The only similar looking examples I could find were globe and shaft decanters (none of which looked this crude) and apothecary phials.

It's about 11.5cm tall.

Plenty of bubbles throughout including lip.

There is no mould or seam.

The lip looks rolled out in my opinion, is lop-sided and uneven but no dripping.

The base looks pressed on after blowing and I cannot see a pontil scar.

Inside neck/lip worn suggestive of glass stopper.

Faint concentric rings on upper inside of neck, possibly also on the outside but it's hard to see/feel them. There is also a slight indent about 1/3 the way down the neck so maybe a lipping tool was used.

The most interesting thing to me is the bronze jacket it had. Looks similar to fine steel wool. This leads me to believe it was marine-related as bronze won't rust as fast.

The base and neck may have been painted with copper or bronze unless this is normal with age. The base had green stuck to it and only when I began to clean it did I realise it was shiny and gold-like so unfortunately some was lost.

Overall it is crude and a little wonky

Please let me know what you think
Thank you!

 

[CanadianBottles]

Nice find! My guess is that it's a perfume bottle from around the turn of the 20th century. Never seen one covered in wire mesh before but it seems plausible for a fancy perfume to have some fancy decoration.

 

[SCIENCE]

Nice find! My guess is that it's a perfume bottle from around the turn of the 20th century. Never seen one covered in wire mesh before but it seems plausible for a fancy perfume to have some fancy decoration.

Awesome thanks for your input, that does sound quite likely, especially if a lipping tool was used. A part of me wants it to be much older but I guess there's no way of ever knowing. I'm gunna hoard it so i'll go on telling myself it's off some early explorer ship and pre-dates Australia's colonial settlement, I'm only lying to myself that way (i.e. not selling it falsely)
Oddly enough an equally damaging storm swell is due next week so I'll go back and look for the rest of the ship wish me luck