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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: popowich123 on September 05, 2008, 01:36:55 AM
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Hi
I got two bottles in a box from an auction, they are cool looking but wondering if this was a decanter . I am pretty sure it is depression glass .It has air bubbles and seam marks. There is not markings to say it was made by someone. Thanks for taking the time to look. Kim
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Can you repost the blue one into a separate new topic please Kim? That way it makes us easier to discuss each item, and once identified, to archive them to the right place. Thanks :)
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Hi there,
The pictured item doesn't look like depression glass to me.
Cheers.
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It looks like a fancy liqueur bottle that should have a wired-in cork
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I think a photo of the bottom might help establish something. The pics need to be clearer though, as these are somewhat fuzzy. If your camera has a macro setting (usually shown by a little flower symbol) set it to that to get a clear closeup shot of the base.
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Thanks for taking the time to view this and all of your input. I appreciate it. Here is some clearer pics. Thanks Kim
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The last picture is the back of the bottle. Thanks again Kim :spls2:
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These are much better. :) Bottom too please Kim.
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Mexican perhaps, or Spanish? Or Italian - reminds me of some Italian wine that came in a bottle-green fish-shaped bottle. Not Depression, that's sure. Well, maybe I'm speaking too soon about that, only being familiar with American Depression glass. Is there also European glass that is called "Depression"?
Kim, where are you based?
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Kristi, mouthblown in any case - or?
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Is there also European glass that is called "Depression"?
Don't think so, but we are developing "Credit Crunch" glass! ;D
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Credit crunch? What credit crunch? The American Way Glass Co.'s most fashionable new item is the Jussay charger. And then there's the popular Costa mint dish.
;D
Pamela, yep, looks blown to me.
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Hi
I am located in Canada. Thanks Anne for tips on my clearing up my pictures.It is hard to get a pic of the bottom because of the design all over the bottle it distorts the look of it.The bottom is a circl with no markings. It curves inwards slightly. There is some air bubbles in the glass. So it is looking like it might be a blown glass wine bottle or decanter, possibly. Thanks all for your input I do appreciate it.I love looking at everyones pictures and seeing hoe great everyone is at breaking down what it might be.Its very cool. Thanks Kim
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Decanter ?
No. I would say not. While historically not all decanters had stoppers, in modern times they are generally expected to and this, IMHO and as Christine suggests, looks to have been designed for a "wired-in cork". In any case not designed for re-use and with a narrowing rim definitely not designed for decanting.
Size ?
You do not give it and it may be relevant. If oversized it may just be a fun decor item with no intended practical use. If a more modest/ medium size then may have been the container for a (probably) carbonated drink.
Blown ?
Yes but machine blown I would say. Look at the neck.
Colour
Looks like the pale green of window glass. Many drinks bottles are re-cycled these days but from window glass ? It can be misleading to read too much into glass colours for identification purposes... so possibly re-cycled.
Period
This is not of the Depression period IMHO but at least 3 decades later if not more.
Depression Glass
In UK we tend to use Art Deco, if of that style. If not then "art deco period" or by decade (20s / 30's). In conversation about the period, older people especially may refer to "the depression years" but "depression" is not used in glass or antiques generally as far as I know.