Blackglass Info Needed

[undertaker]

Picked up this dark blackglass bottle recently. At first glance I thought it was a whiskey cylinder type bottle but then noticed the kick up base which made me think wine. Does anyone have a idea where this bottle was made and the time period? String lip and open pontil makes me think dutch although it doesn't have that long neck that you would see in a dutch bottle.

 

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[Harry Pristis]

Large numbers of these wine bottles were produced in the Low Countries, particularly Belgium, in the 1790-1820 period. These bottles invariably have a yellow-amber cast to the glass resulting from the coal-fired, reduction furnaces used there. This is opposed to the olive-green cast produced by wood-fired furnaces used in France, Germany, England, et al.

 

[undertaker]

Think you nailed it. Does has a yellow amber color. Not a olive color like normally seen with these older blackglass bottles. Did any American glass blower incorporate a string lip or was that only done over seas?

 

[Harry Pristis]

Think you nailed it. Does has a yellow amber color. Not a olive color like normally seen with these older blackglass bottles. Did any American glass blower incorporate a string lip or was that only done over seas?

I am reluctant to make a generalized assertion, except to say that European glass-making was much advanced over the American industry for a long time.

 

[Bass]

So, I was thinking this is an ale/beer bottle. Is that correct?

 

[Harry Pristis]

So, I was thinking this is an ale/beer bottle. Is that correct?

Much more likely to be a bottle used for wine.