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WhatHo!:
Hi, I help the Help for Heroes charity and try to identify and price glassware for them. can anybody help me with these decanters. They have snapped pontil, obviously mould blown and the body and neck are made in 2 separate pieces. The shoulders of them have small cut lens and paper labels with old looking writing on them. also should there be stoppers or corks, there is no grinding in the neck. Sorry about the quality of pic as i used my camera phone. Thank you very much, Wolfie

Lustrousstone:
I think they are bottles rather than decanters and possibly from the pub trade. You might have better luck on a bottle site.

Ivo:
storage jars or cellars, these can be stored efficiently. Made in half=post, which makes sense. My guess 19th ct. but do not ask for details.

WhatHo!:
Hi, thanks for your comments. I have looked through Jeanette Hayhursts buyers guide and a lot of the bottles look very similar to decanters. There are lots of small lens cuts in patterns around the neck which suggest decoration. I will try and get some better pics. Does any one else have any idea about these either age or where they were made? i thought they might be Irish? thanks for any help, Wolfie

oldglassman:
Hi ,
       I don't think Ireland adopted the half post method of construction for either decanters or bottles , I know these types as Case flasks and have seen them in simple boxes of 4 or 6 ,whether for travel or storage i don't know , they normally have a cork bung with a metal top with a ring to pull,and I would think these date from the early 19thc and made in continental Europe , Germany , Bohemia , Holland, and probably elsewere too ,I have also heard them called Gin flasks.

cheers ,
             Peter

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