Old or not? Amber big lip bottle with sharp pontil. Thanks.

[Linda]

Hi,
It is about 10 inches high. Sharp pontil. Wavy glass with color graduating.
I can't find seams but I really don't know much about bottles.
Thanks for any insight.

 

[CanadianBottles]

Welcome to the forum! I'm pretty sure that's a modern decorative bottle. I've never seen a lip that's anything like that before, and the rest doesn't look quite right for a genuine antique.

 

[Harry Pristis]

The lip and the base/pontil scar say "modern." The body is mold-blown, apparently. This is a strange bottle that mimics, but doesn't quite reproduce an old form.

 

[willong]

Hi,
It is about 10 inches high. Sharp pontil. Wavy glass with color graduating.
I can't find seams but I really don't know much about bottles.
Thanks for any insight.

I'm inclined to agree with Canadian Bottles. It appears to be a modern art piece. The smoothly ground base appears to have been produced on a fine-grit belt sander.

 

[Linda]

Thank you all so much for your kind attention and expertise.

 

[hemihampton]

I've seen tops like that, you mean nobody ever seen the Mushroom top on a Warner's Tippecanoe? LEON.

 

[opmustard]

Looks like modern bottle, nice looking.
I have to ask is the pontil a hole, because it looks like you see through bottom into the bottle's side ?

 

[sandchip]

I've seen tops like that, you mean nobody ever seen the Mushroom top on a Warner's Tippecanoe? LEON.View attachment 220318

I think he meant how it is sheared and rolled outward, while the Tippecanoe top is applied. There's also the extremely rare blue "Dr. Henion's Sure Cure for Malaria" with the same top.

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

I've not seen a ground base before.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

 

[Harry Pristis]

I think he meant how it is sheared and rolled outward, while the Tippecanoe top is applied. There's also the extremely rare blue "Dr. Henion's Sure Cure for Malaria" with the same top.

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Huh. This cobalt bottle is so rare I can't find anything about it on-line. Are you confident that this is not a fantasy bottle? I see the image is from a Norm Heckler auction catalog -- which one?