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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: tambo84 on October 20, 2015, 08:26:33 AM

Title: Bottle ID
Post by: tambo84 on October 20, 2015, 08:26:33 AM

Hi folks,

I got a bit excited in a charity shop at the weekend and mistook this for a piece of Borske Sklo. It took about 3 seconds on google when I got home to realise I was incorrect.

Anyway, since I bought the damn thing I thought I may as well try and find out what it is / what it's for. Any ideas?

Cheers

Title: Re: Bottle ID
Post by: flying free on October 20, 2015, 08:48:22 AM

3 foot or 3 inches tall? does it have a polished pontil mark, does it have mold seams? Does it have a cut and ground rim or a firepolished rim?
Can we have a photograph of the base please?  How much does it weigh?

All these answers are information that can help towards identifying a piece of glass :)

thanks
m

Title: Re: Bottle ID
Post by: Anne E.B. on October 20, 2015, 01:28:38 PM

Also, just another thought.  Is it actually green glass, or is it coloured on the inside only?
I had a similar one which I used 'magic balls' to clean with, and they removed the colour inside ::)  I think mine was made in the Far East and was modern.
Yours could be different of course :)  I hope ;D

Title: Re: Bottle ID
Post by: Ivo on October 20, 2015, 01:39:53 PM

If it is sprayed you can tell by looking through the neck against the light. If the bottom has no colour, the outside has been sprayed. In this case I think not - green is not a logical spray colour. Spray colours are always Chinese. Spray colours are only used on the outside.
I suspect this is a decorative bottle from Italy. It has to be decorative because it has no content or conformity marks. Timewise you may be looking at the 70s.

Title: Re: Bottle ID
Post by: flying free on October 20, 2015, 02:08:59 PM

looking more closely at the base pic it appears to have been blown in a bottle factory as the base has those repetitive knobbly bits all the way around it.
(PLease could you make your pictures 400 x 600 pixels?  that way they can blow up so the detail can be seen :)  )

Perhaps a 'flask' filled with bubble bath or some liqueuer or something and then sealed? 

Whatever it is I think it was mold made in a bottle factory?

m

Title: Re: Bottle ID
Post by: tambo84 on October 22, 2015, 08:09:52 AM

Had a look last night and I think you might be right about the colour being 'painted on'... when I held it up to the light and looked at the base it was completely clear. It also looks like the colour has ran a bit (see attached pic).

It's around 7 inches tall, and the base is 3 inches wide. I don't have anything to weigh it with, but it feels pretty light. There is also a 'join' down the middle.

All in all, I'd say it's not looking like a good buy ;)

Title: Re: Bottle ID
Post by: Ivo on October 22, 2015, 10:02:17 AM

If you prefer a clear one, soak it in vinegar overnight or use an "eco -friendly" cleaner, which comes down to the same thing.

Title: Re: Bottle ID
Post by: flying free on October 22, 2015, 04:37:16 PM

 ;D  we've all been there.
But it's a great learning curve.

m