Dark cobalt blue small bottle, markers mark? - age?

edited December 2024 in Question and Answer

Found this 10cm tall, 5cm by 3cm wide dark colbolt blue bottle in coastal clay bank, New Zealand.

Can't find any info on makers mark, it is a imprint rather than embossed, which looks either like a ship, a pot or a ufo inside an oval.

There is a seam which runs down both 3cm off center sides but not on the neck, lip or bottom.

A small mark, possibly molding mark, low down on one of the 5cm side and has a some air bubbles within glass.

Guessing it's either a citrate of magnesia bottle, but unsure due to small size, or a snuff bottle.

Any help would be appreciated especially with the makers mark, thank you.


Comments

  • I am not sure what to make of that maker's mark except to say I believe it is either:

    • a defect in the mold or blowing process
    • grossly distorted from its intentional appearance

    Sure looks like a UFO image to me :-)

    US Citrate bottles were of a different shape - the wide mouth of this bottle suggests it contained a powder or pills.

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