Shades of History
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Ok, some pics here of a very cool, odd(and potentially rare?) bottle I picked up for like $10 or $12 at an antique store. It has an open pontil, a crude lip and some crude inner grinding for a stopper it's missing, and embossing on the bottom a bit on each corner (App. For)(No. 21)(Pat.).
So I did some research, and got somewhere, but not all the way. It was obviously an application for patent number 21. The actual 21st ever U.S. patent. I did some research and couldn't find out what the patent was for, whether some product or the bottle itself, but that the patent was dated in the early 1830's. Maybe this bottle was made a few years before that, or maybe a while after like the 1840's but I'm betting it's not any later and probably a true "pontil era" bottle.
So the mystery is what the patent was actually for, how old and what type of bottle it actually is, how common or uncommon it is, and what it could be worth. Any ideas? To me, the purpose of the bottle looks either a decanter/backbar or a lab beaker/apothecary type bottle. It's just under 6 and a half inches tall and clear glass, subtle ripples. Has what appears to be heavy base wear in a couple spots and a tiny bit of inner haze staining at the bottom.
So I did some research, and got somewhere, but not all the way. It was obviously an application for patent number 21. The actual 21st ever U.S. patent. I did some research and couldn't find out what the patent was for, whether some product or the bottle itself, but that the patent was dated in the early 1830's. Maybe this bottle was made a few years before that, or maybe a while after like the 1840's but I'm betting it's not any later and probably a true "pontil era" bottle.
So the mystery is what the patent was actually for, how old and what type of bottle it actually is, how common or uncommon it is, and what it could be worth. Any ideas? To me, the purpose of the bottle looks either a decanter/backbar or a lab beaker/apothecary type bottle. It's just under 6 and a half inches tall and clear glass, subtle ripples. Has what appears to be heavy base wear in a couple spots and a tiny bit of inner haze staining at the bottom.
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