Repos or Not

[bombboy]

Guy asked me to look at a coupleof bottles he bought. He got them from a garage sale and the seller said they were from the 17 & 1800's. This always makes me suspicious, why sell early bottles at a garage sale?

Anyway, here's the skinny; Erven L Bols from Amsterdam and a R H Andrew Tredinick. I have pice of the seals, lips and bases, group shot disappeared for some strange reason. Anyway, I looked at the glass and never saw a single flaw, scratch, or wear mark anywhere. Now I could be completely wrong, but shouldn't there be some where on bottles that are 200- 300+ years old?

Have a look and let me know your thoughts. Thanks, Mark

 

[bombboy]

Seal

 

[bombboy]

Base Bols

 

[bombboy]

Base RH Andrews

 

[bombboy]

Bols Lip

 

[bombboy]

RH Andrews Lip

I'll figure the group picture thing before too long.

 

[cyberdigger]

The Andrew bottle looks to have an odd color, and I don't see a pontil mark, but the seal is listed HERE

The Erven Bols was likely made around 1880 - 1900, according to some poking around on google..

 

[bombboy]

Hey cyberdigger, I poked around on google too and looked at both the seals. My biggest concern was the "feel" of the bottles. Just didn't seem right when I ran my finger across the seals embossing. Plus the glass was shiny and showed no wear at all.

 

[epackage]

ORIGINAL: bombboy

Base RH Andrews

Looks like it was made this morning...

 

[cyberdigger]

Yeah I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Andrew was a repro. The Bols looks real to me, but TOC'ish..