Unusual Blown Lamp or Cologne?

[Bixby Bill]

I just picked this thing up in a box lot at an auction, and my first thought was that it was a lamp, but the lip is a little more flared out than the whale oil lamps I`ve seen with this kind of lip. Then I`m thinking possibly a cologne bottle, but the inside of the lip isn`t ground for any kind of stopper. So I`m turning you the knowledgable people here, hoping that someone might have a clue as to what this really was. I think it is from the early to mid 1800`s. It is free blown, the foot is attatched with a wafer with vertical ribs on it, there`s a nice broken solid bar pontil mark, and it is about 6" tall. It`s still an interesting piece no matter what it is.

 

[Bixby Bill]

Here`s the lip.

 

[Bixby Bill]

The hand-tooled foot.

 

[Bixby Bill]

And the base with the pontil.

 

[KentOhio]

I'd say it's some sort of apothecary bottle.

 

[surfaceone]

Evening Bill & Brian,

I think you're right, Brian. Seems like it might be the bigger part of a Show Globe.

 

[Bixby Bill]

Thanks guys! That certainly looks like what I have. It`s strange that the inside of the neck isn`t ground for the stopper, but maybe it didn`t have to seal tight for whatever was supposed to be in it.

 

[GuntherHess]

My first impression was also apothecary show glass. Dont know for sure.
Seems odd the mouth isnt ground though.