Bottle Odyssey
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Hi, There! I'm new to your site. I've collected bottles forever, but just because they were beautiful with the light going through them on the windowsill. Even put shelves in front of windows, so I could look at more of them. Recently, however, my husband pointed out that I was using a huge amount of storage (like 30 boxes or more) for my stored bottles. So, I've been educating myself slowly about marks and molds and finishes, in order to sell some. However, after I went to a glorious "garage sale" with 1/2 acre of tables with bottles, I came away with more, mostly a glorious collection of pumpkinseeds. This one is throwing me. I think it is from a suction mold, and it has mold seams up the sides that end just over the shoulder, into what I'm calling "slumps" (asymmetrical marks, on both shoulders). Then those mold seams disappear, as if in an applied finish. Here's the confusing part - there are also mold seams up the front and the back that go all the way up and over the lip. They are extremely straight, but off enough that, on the front side, you can catch your fingernail on the higher edge, and it obliterates part of the "NET CONTENTS 5 OZ." mark. On the back side, the seam is sunken. I love oddities, bubbles, "slumps", but what the heck is going on with this one? I've attached numerous photos. Any help will be more than appreciated! Also, any advice on informational bottle websites would be great!
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3 Bottom corner.JPG7.6 MB · Views: 172
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4 side seam disappearing into slump.JPG7.1 MB · Views: 158
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6 No side seam on finish.JPG7.2 MB · Views: 169
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8 Slump 2.JPG7 MB · Views: 162
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9 Slump.JPG7.2 MB · Views: 181
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10 Front and Back Seams.JPG7.7 MB · Views: 179
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11 Front Seam.JPG7.2 MB · Views: 174
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14 Front seam going through mark.JPG8.5 MB · Views: 163
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16 Back Seam.JPG7.3 MB · Views: 172
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17 Top lip.JPG7.6 MB · Views: 155