George Ingraham
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While on my daily hunt for snuff bottles, came across this bottle.. At the time, was pretty sure it was not a snuff bottle. Thought it could be a scent bottle.
What was confusing, was the ground beveling to the neck/throat. The rest of the bottle seemed so nicely done, that this rather crude beveling did not make any sense. Thought that perhaps it originally had a flared type that perhaps got damaged some how and someone ground it down in an effort to make it look better.
Any way.. Learned last night just exactly what this is ! Then to top it off, starting to see the potential value based on others I found online !
It is quite a bit smaller than the average flask.. At about 2 3/4" tall. The smallest I have found was 4".
It also took me a while to explain why some have a concave base, and others like mine are flat.
Quote from Wikipedia.
A Pontil mark or punt mark is the scar where the pontil, punty or punt was broken from a work of blown glass. The presence of such a scar indicates that a glass bottle or bowl was blown freehand, while the absence of a punt mark suggests either that the mark has been obliterated or that the work was mold-blown.[1]
Some glassblowers grind a hollow into the base of their work, obliterating the natural punt scar. Where the base of the work is sufficiently heavy, the entire natural base can be sawed or ground flat. Where the base of the work is concave, after the punt has been broken from the work, the punt may be used to attach a small gather of hot glass over the punt scar, into which a maker's mark is impressed.
I am sure excited to say the least..
Now that I know it is not a Chinese type snuff bottle, am going to try and figure out the best way to sell it.. Any portion of what I think the value is will sure let me add several new Chinese snuff bottles to my collection !
I especially wanted to share it with you guys on this forum, because this is the type of bottle many of you have a great deal of expertise with.
So comments, and yes.., validation would be greatly appreciated !
What was confusing, was the ground beveling to the neck/throat. The rest of the bottle seemed so nicely done, that this rather crude beveling did not make any sense. Thought that perhaps it originally had a flared type that perhaps got damaged some how and someone ground it down in an effort to make it look better.
Any way.. Learned last night just exactly what this is ! Then to top it off, starting to see the potential value based on others I found online !
It is quite a bit smaller than the average flask.. At about 2 3/4" tall. The smallest I have found was 4".
It also took me a while to explain why some have a concave base, and others like mine are flat.
Quote from Wikipedia.
A Pontil mark or punt mark is the scar where the pontil, punty or punt was broken from a work of blown glass. The presence of such a scar indicates that a glass bottle or bowl was blown freehand, while the absence of a punt mark suggests either that the mark has been obliterated or that the work was mold-blown.[1]
Some glassblowers grind a hollow into the base of their work, obliterating the natural punt scar. Where the base of the work is sufficiently heavy, the entire natural base can be sawed or ground flat. Where the base of the work is concave, after the punt has been broken from the work, the punt may be used to attach a small gather of hot glass over the punt scar, into which a maker's mark is impressed.
I am sure excited to say the least..
Now that I know it is not a Chinese type snuff bottle, am going to try and figure out the best way to sell it.. Any portion of what I think the value is will sure let me add several new Chinese snuff bottles to my collection !
I especially wanted to share it with you guys on this forum, because this is the type of bottle many of you have a great deal of expertise with.
So comments, and yes.., validation would be greatly appreciated !
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