clear atwoods bitter bottle- bottom type
Hello- I have a clear atwoods bitters bottle from my dad's collection that I am selling on ebay. I have had two questions on the bottom type, asking if it is smooth or pontil. The bottle has a slight, concave depression, and there are three small bubbles in the glass inside. I don't know what pontil is nor do I know the value. I am just trying to help my mom liquidate his things. Thank you in advance.
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This is aqua, not clear.
A bottle like this with a pontil mark will have a definite jagged ring. Sometimes it is quite pronounced, ie. it sticks out a lot, and sometimes it is fairly faint and smooth, but the ring should be there.
I will post a photo of a similar bottle with a pontil mark in a few minutes.
Notice the ring in the center. This pontil mark is well defined but definitely fainter on the right half of the ring. Here there just happens to be encrusted dirt in the glass - that is not always the case.
Chris
Chris
the concave indentation is created by the bottle mold.
glass for a hand blown bottle is blown into the mold with a blow pipe, then an assistant grabs onto the bottle with a pontil rod stuck the base (while the glass is still hot) This allows the blower to shear the bottle off the mouth then finish the lip.