What is it?

[tbister]

A friend of mine found this bottle under his family home in Ennis, TX (south of Dallas). The home was built in 1902.

The bottle doesn't have a seam, nor does it have any markings on it that I can see. It measures slightly over 10 inches tall, and the base is 4 1/2 inches in diameter.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Tim

 

[tbister]

Picture of top.

 

[tbister]

picture of bottom.

 

[capsoda]

Hey T, I got one thats 14" tall and 5" wide that looks identical to yours. It was dug up behind an old pharmacy site and was used for bulk meds.

 

[tbister]

Thanks Warren.

Any idea what years bottles like these were made? Any value to them?

Thanks again,

Tim

 

[capsoda]

Hey Tim, You don't see them very often and I haven't seen one sold on Ebay or anything. Mines got a potstone and I still would not sell it .

They were used in the last part of the 1800s until the very early 1900s.

 

[GuntherHess]

It is most likely a chemical bottle. It has seams , they may be hard to see with the oxydation. They were often 3 piece mold for the earlier ones in which case the seams will only extend up from the shoulders. There are a few other reasons the seams could be obscurred but they are there.
If they are not embossed they dont have a lot of value (unless they are pontil marked)