pontiled or not?

[farmerdan]

I have a crude, scant-size pint flask that I have always wondered about. It has a slightly crooked neck and a nicely tooled lip. It's loaded with seeds and little potstones. The surface has an overall weird, uneven texture. There is a hemispherical indent in the base that has a rough texture, but no iron residue. I have other IP bottles with no residue, but this mark just seems too uniform. there are also two little embossed dots on the shoulder that mirror image on both sides. I have always believed them to be air vents in the mold. Any guesses on this one?

 

[farmerdan]

Colse up of neck and shoulder, showing those two "dots" just under the neck to the left.

 

[farmerdan]

this shot shows the weird surface texture. any idea what may have caused this?

 

[farmerdan]

And finally the base.

 

[farmerdan]

oops

 

[GuntherHess]

Not pontil marked I'm afraid. A bit too late.

 

[BottleGarage]

It doesnt look to pontiled to me.... but I aM JUST A NOOB...

 

[cyberdigger]

..agreed... no pontil.. lovely, nonetheless!

 

[farmerdan]

that's kinda what I thought. I sure don't love it any less.

 

[GuntherHess]

I would think that odd surface texture was caused be pitting of the iron mold.