Three of a Kind

[surf]

 

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[GatorBoy]

I don't know much about bottles... but have studied a bit of early ceramic from several sites I've hunted.
Those are to say the least very interesting...are they salt glazed? 1840-50-60.. something like that?

 

[Mackaydon]

This is a 12-sided antique stoneware bottle impressed with the name A. Steinmetz with a cobalt "X" on the neck. This machine made bottle was manufactured in Akron, Ohio, by The E. H. Merrill Co.

Actually, hundreds of stoneware companies were operating across the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Edwin H. Merrill immigrated to northeastern Ohio from England in the 1820s and started making stoneware jugs and crocks in Mogadore, Ohio, in the 1830s. He moved to Akron in 1847 and continued making stoneware, first with Calvin Merrill, then with Henry Merrill. Edwin and Henry were in business together under the name Akron Pottery Co. from 1861 to 1888. The company's name changed in 1888 to E.H. Merrill & Co. So, IMO, your pieces were made after 1888 but before 1900, when Merrill was sold and became the Robinson Clay Products Co.
Don........
PS: One is currently for sale for $125:Antique 12 Sided Stoneware Bottle Impress A by TheOldCrowShop

 

[Bass]

Hey surf, where did you stumble across those little beauties? Very nice

 

[GatorBoy]

Wow..that's alot of info. "Nice Jugs"

 

[sunrunner]

hi thes are not what i woud call machin made thay are slipcast in a mould or press in a mould,then the lip was thron by hand.