is this a pontil scar？

[haide]

Hi,is it a pontil scar on the base of a huge cobalt blue bottle,a bit too small for the body size?and another one on a small piece.and please give me some prise advices.，thank you！

 

[mctaggart67]

On the cobalt, no. On the other, yes.

 

[RIBottleguy]

I'm gonna say no and no. Typically an open pontil mark will be sharp to the point where you can usually cut your finger on it.

 

[nhpharm]

No on both...neither of these has a pontil scar. Maybe $20.00 on the large bottle. The clear bottle is worth maybe $1-2.

 

[haide]

I see…
have alot to study，thank you！

 

[mctaggart67]

Sure that's not some sort of iron/sand pontil mark on the clear?

 

[haide]

Maybe I'll take it then get some detailed photos.

 

[RIBottleguy]

The small one needs a good washing, it could be a pontil, but I can't say I've ever seen one that small before on a bottle that size. Looks like a smooth indentation.

 

[haide]

Having viewed tens of thousands of antique Chinese bottles selling on the net，this small one is the only one functional bottle found with a suspected pontil mark，I'm wondering did not us use pontil those days？

 

[cannibalfromhannibal]

My vote is pontiled on both. I didn't think so on the cobalt one at first but on second glance it looks like it was twisted off and re-fired, which was usually done only on higher end wares. The shape also looks pontil era, though could be foreign made, making it a bit later. The clear one looks pontiled though likely a solid rod pontil, not a blowpipe. The interesting thing that caught my eye is the string tied to the neck- many of the un-embossed pontiled bottles had tags attached to the neck with the label info. and price.