Crackle Jar
Any idea of what this bottle may have been used for? Or time era? Value?
The opening is very small, about 3/4 of an inch. It has a seam runs all the way through the lip. The inside is smooth, but the outside has a crackle appearance with an opal tint. The front has a smooth area where a label would have been attached at some point. Above that area, is a sailboat embossed. The bottom of the bottle has a 2 then a symbol that is a diamond with a circle or an "o" running through the center, then the number 3, then centered under that all is the number 3 again.
My guess is perhaps it was an old liqour bottle? My guess is it is about a liter, although it doesnt say any where what the actual size is?
Thank You!
The opening is very small, about 3/4 of an inch. It has a seam runs all the way through the lip. The inside is smooth, but the outside has a crackle appearance with an opal tint. The front has a smooth area where a label would have been attached at some point. Above that area, is a sailboat embossed. The bottom of the bottle has a 2 then a symbol that is a diamond with a circle or an "o" running through the center, then the number 3, then centered under that all is the number 3 again.
My guess is perhaps it was an old liqour bottle? My guess is it is about a liter, although it doesnt say any where what the actual size is?
Thank You!
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Your bottle however seems to have a decoration meant to imply cracks - perhaps cracks in ice? What you need is to find an example with a label; there lies the only path to finding out what product was contained within.
Sorry to say this bottle does not have much value, but I can say that interest in 20th century bottles is growing. A market for such glass still is limited.
The O-I mark on the base indicates Owens-Illinois Glass Company which had plants and various related companies around the US. This mark was used during the period 1929 up until 1954.
If it contained alcohol, and it may very well have, then it would predate 1933 since legislation after that time required embossing, "FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR REUSE OF THIS BOTTLE. See my web page on this topic for more info: http://www.antiquebottles-glass.com/learn/federal-law-forbids-sale-or-reuse-of-this-bottle/
I spend a lot of time on ebay
Consider a search on "bottle (cobwebs, crackle)" (searches bottle AND cobwebs OR bottles and crackle)
Also search the advertising category using combinations of the words: ammonia, cleaner, household bottle, ad
Without the FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS embossing, I would think this is some type of household product. Just a hunch.