Clare
'Patent Medicine' bottle collector
Is this a pontil scar on my 'tablespoons' bottle?
If not, what is it called?
If not, what is it called?
Pontil?
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Nickneff
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No it's not a ponial scar that's a fake scar they put in a mold when it was made looks like it's about 1890 looks like a lot of 1890 medicines I dig around here in my part of the state in Kentucky
Nickneff
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Clare
'Patent Medicine' bottle collector
Ah I see! Thank you for your help.
CanadianBottles
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Does the seam go to the top of the lip? If so it's an early ABM bottle with a suction scar.
Clare
'Patent Medicine' bottle collector
Yes it does. Cool, good to know that. Thank you.
That is a suction machine cutoff scar or "Owens" scar, not a fake pontil scar. It is machine made dating most likely between 1903 and 1920. The horizontal mold line below the lip is the giveaway, considering that even on many handblown bottles, the mold lines or "seams" go all the way to the top.
Clare
'Patent Medicine' bottle collector
Great info, thank you very much
