Ships Decanter ??

[ve5bbt]

Hi. I'm kind of new at this so I don't know where to start. I have a clear glass, Swedish/Norwegian, Etched Rum/Liqour bottle. One side has a sailing ship etched on it and the words " Segla vart jo*g vill Flaskan hor mig till " Large initials "A.L.G. 1849". The other side has some kind of a royal crown on a wreath with large lettering etched, " OSCC?N " " Den r ? ste" . I think it is some kind of Danish Ship whisky / rum bottle. Measures 10.5 inches hi. X 4 X 3. I belive it to be hand blown as the short neck (appx. 1.5 ") is slightly off center. I received this from my grandfather on a trip I made to Sweden a few wears ago. Does any one out there have an idea what I have? Thanks, Rick ve5bbt@sasktel.net

Thanks to everyone for their help on the ships bottle/decanter. Very interesting indeed. I will continue to check it our further. Thanks again Rick

 

[towhead]

Have you looked on EBay? EBay has some Decanters with etched ships.

 

[Maine Digger]

Hi there, I attempted to access a Danish - English dictionary on line with little success. It's available, but I couldn't get it to load[&o]. That aside, is there any chance that your bottle is a one-of -a-kind item?[8|] Is it acid-etched, or did some artistic sailer produce the wonderful etching while at sea? I believe the key is translating the writing![]

 

[plyng]

Hi there. I am Danish - and even your bottle is Swedish, I´m able to tell you that it says:
"Sail wherever I want - the bottle belongs to me". OSCAR den förste (Oscar the first) was king of Sweden from 1799 to 1859.
Nice bottle!

 

[diggerjeff]

please give us some better pictures!! the decanter looks to be cut glass not acid etched.
we need to see the bottom and a close up of the neck !! very nice bottle! i doubt it belonged to king oscar , the bottle is old, but it does not look that old!

 

[David E]

Think you might have to call that a bottle. Ships decanter have a real large round bottom, so they will not tip over when the boat rocks. Unless that was how a decanter was made way back whenever.

Dave

 

[ve5bbt]

encolsed please find picture of decanter's bottom.

 

[ve5bbt]

Here is top of ships decanter

 

[ve5bbt]

decanter side view

 

[ve5bbt]

And the back view ?