wierd rock shaped figural...what is it??

[groundsloth]

I dug one of the most unusual bottles of my career the other day.I need help figuring out, what the heck it is.... It looks like a piece of coal or a rock, it has a ground lip, and an small panel where a label would have gone.In the photos it appears to be black, but when back lit - the glass shows a deep purple color. Any knowledge??

 

[MichaelFla]

Black amethyst lump of coal. Pretty cool! Although, I wouldn't have expected the ground lip, since most black amethyst glass is from the late 20s and 30s. I love that stuff!

 

[groundsloth]

Any ideas as to what it was? Any known links or examples?

 

[MichaelFla]

Whiskey. Look here. #9583

 

[Nevadabottles]

In a bottle magazine I got it had a similar bottle, except it was from Alaska. It was used for holding milk and was only 6 inches tall. It had a red label on it reading Nuggets- Pure Gold from Klondyke George Smithhisler Mt. Vernon. It was a late 1800's bottle made by George Smithhisler. It also had the screw top and place to put the label.

 

[groundsloth]

thanks for the info and the link!

 

[cannibalfromhannibal]

Hmmmm.....Interesting. Never seen this one before but that looks like a whiskey nipper in shape of a coal lump. Looks similar to the Klondike milk glass nipper made popular by the gold rush to Alaska in the late 90's. Yours looks to be same vintage. I suspect Nevadabottles has confused milk glass with milk bottle, as I highly doubt they ever held milk. I have seen a potato shaped one before as well, but I think yours is super scarce if not rare. Very cool find regardless! Jack

 

[cannibalfromhannibal]

Just looked at that link, and wow! I need to shop there! The prices were ridiculously cheap! Some pretty cool figurals went for nothing! I suspect your coal bottle should bring twice what that one sold for. But that's auctions for ya.....just depends on who's watchin'. Jack

 

[groundsloth]

Thanks Jack, When we first pulled the bottle out, we thought is was burned/melted, but on closer inspection it was very surprising!

 

[MichaelFla]

Cannibal, there were a lot of great deals gotten at that auction. Wish I had the funds to bid. Really wanted some of those pig bottles.