Pontilled bottle

[sauceman]

Hi
This is the first time I have posted on this forum. I particularly like the pics of all the real early bottles.
I have been lucky in that there is a 1840s station near to my place that is on a creek and I have recovered a few early pontilled small essence type bottles that i reckon are great.
I presume they probably originated from the U.K. The location I recovered them would have been a hundred miles or more from any shops etc (in the 1840s) where they would have been sold, so they would have been on a remarkable journey! U.K to Australia then a rough dray or cart ride over a hundred miles or so of rough country, remarkable not to be broken.
I will try to post a pic
cheers Glenn

 

[sauceman]

pic of base

 

[Gunsmoke47]

Hi Glenn and welcome to the forum. Very nice bottle! It is amazing how some of these fragile artifacts have withstood the test of time and elements. Every time I dig one up, (even the most common of bottles), I get a head rush thinking about its history, how it got there, and what hand put it there! Happy diggin, Kelley