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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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