Hi. This bottle was recovered on a random reef dive in the Virgin Islands. (NOT on a marked dive site, known wreck, or within a marine park).
I'd love to learn some more about it if anyone here has additional insight.
I am brand new to bottles, so I could be completely wrong, but my initial research leads me to believe that it is:
- Hand Blown 'Black Glass' (almost completely opaque with a deep olive green coloring)
- 3-Piece Mold
- Applied Lip
- Pontil with Vent? Not sure about that one.
It has some surface and embedded bubbles. Rough surface finish. Lots of wavy lines in the glass surface. And a fair amount of 'hand tooling' marks on the neck and lip.
Guessing 1840s-1870s...but again I am just going on very limited initial research.
I don't expect it has any significant value, but would just like to know more about it. Any additional info or opinions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
(Not sure why the upload manager rotated all of these...or how to rotate them back.)
I'd love to learn some more about it if anyone here has additional insight.
I am brand new to bottles, so I could be completely wrong, but my initial research leads me to believe that it is:
- Hand Blown 'Black Glass' (almost completely opaque with a deep olive green coloring)
- 3-Piece Mold
- Applied Lip
- Pontil with Vent? Not sure about that one.
It has some surface and embedded bubbles. Rough surface finish. Lots of wavy lines in the glass surface. And a fair amount of 'hand tooling' marks on the neck and lip.
Guessing 1840s-1870s...but again I am just going on very limited initial research.
I don't expect it has any significant value, but would just like to know more about it. Any additional info or opinions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
(Not sure why the upload manager rotated all of these...or how to rotate them back.)