Dear Hist Arch,

During recent excavations in Southern Virginia, we recovered several 
interesting glass bottle fragments.  The green bottles are free blown 
and exhibit a distinctive, low mameleon push-up pontil, applied string 
lip.  The body is full of bubbles.  The color is on the light side of 
green, with a distinctive quality.  The bottles were recovered from a 
probable American Civil War feature context.  The bottles closely 
resemble one pictured in /Antique Glass Bottles: Their History and 
Evolution (1500 - 1860) /(Van den Bossche 2001:322(3)) and to a "Jules 
Pernod pastis bottle" pictured on the BLM historic glass bottles website 
(http://www.blm.gov/historic_bottles/Typing/wine/julespernod.jpg). 

I was wondering whether these combined characteristics are diagnostic of 
mid-19th c. French-produced bottles and if they specifically held pastis 
or were generic.  Any information, in particular regarding social 
context, is welcome.

Anyone who would like can contact me and I will send pictures.

Thanks
Christopher Sperling