Any chance it could be a decanter rather than a regular bottle? We get
three ring whiskey decanters at our site dating to the early 1820s.
Linda Derry
Site Director
Old Cahawba
719 Tremont St.
Selma, AL 36701
ph. 334/875-2529
fax. 334/877-4253
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robert
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Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 10:26 AM
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Subject: Bottle finish ID
Hi folks,
I'm having trouble identifying a bottle finish that was found at a late 19th
to early 20th-century site in northwest Ohio. The finish doesn't quite seem
to match any of the types described in the standard sources (IMACS, Parks
Canada Glass Glossary, Bill Lindsey's Bottle Identification website, etc.).
The glass is solarized, and all we have is the neck and lip. The lip itself
is a standard patent lip, but down near the base of the neck (1.5 cm below
the base of the patent lip) is a second, rounded collar. The overall finish
is an applied finish, not a machine-made finish.
A similar finish appears to be illustrated on page 24 of the Parks Canada
Glass Glossary, but since the illustration is in the bottle moulds section,
the finish is not described. I can provide a photo of our artifact to anyone
who is interested.
Given the solarization, and other diagnostic artifacts found at this site,
finding a more precise date for this particular artifact is not extremely
important (although I'd be interested just out of curiosity). More
importantly, I'd just like to know if there is a standard descriptive term
for this type of finish and what types of bottles it was typically used for.
Thanks,
Bob
Dr. Robert Chidester
Principal Investigator
The Mannik & Smith Group, Inc.
1800 Indian Wood Circle
Maumee, OH 43537
(419) 891-2222
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