Pontil apothecary

[coboltmoon]

I have a photo of a pontiled apothecary jar. This jar was identified by a Westmoreland Glass collector as being made by Westmoreland Glass from 1900 to 1905.

My question is do you think this is from 1900. Any thoughts about when the apothecary jars stopped being made with pontils.

 

[GuntherHess]

Dont know anything about Westmoreland glass but apothecary jars were being made using pontil rods well into the 20th century. It was a specialty market. I think they were gradually pushed out of production by people like Whitall Tatum who had more modern techniques.

That stopper looks like its sitting pretty low. Hard to tell without handling it but looks like the stopper may not be original.

 

[surfaceone]

Hey Brandon,

From John Odell.