NewbieBottleHunter
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Here's another of my favorite black glass bottles from my most recent bottle hunting trip. The mold marks show that this was made in a 3-piece mold as the ring around the neck of the bottle and adjoining vertical lines are fairly apparent. From what I have learned online this bottle shows what I guess is termed "whittle" which I guess happens when the mold pieces are not up to the proper temperature and steam or some other process causes the wavy surface. You can also see that the lower portion of the bottle has some interesting wavy lines where the glass has a rougher, more matt surface texture. I'm going to guess that possibly this was not as visible when the bottle was made or used but that sitting underwater in marine mud for a century might be magnifying slight variations in the surface of the glass. I'm assuming that the pattern probably has little to do with the mold surface and probably more to do with the shape of the glass as it was blown into the bold.
The foot is rather warped and as a result the bottle does not stand perfectly straight. This irregularity gives the bottle character and with other rustic attributes is why it is one of my favorites. I'm guessing a bottle of this size (about the size of a modern beer bottle) would have held ale, ginger beer, or something similar. The bottle has a fairly regular applied finish to the top with little squeeze out but other than assuming it is pre-1900 I know little about the bottle's age or use.
The foot is rather warped and as a result the bottle does not stand perfectly straight. This irregularity gives the bottle character and with other rustic attributes is why it is one of my favorites. I'm guessing a bottle of this size (about the size of a modern beer bottle) would have held ale, ginger beer, or something similar. The bottle has a fairly regular applied finish to the top with little squeeze out but other than assuming it is pre-1900 I know little about the bottle's age or use.