found bottle.....any help? Solved

KinjoVT · Mar 11, 2011

Hello all,
I found this bottle on a riverbank leading to the lake. It has two seams, rounded lip area, a wire tie of some sort, very heavy thick glass, and rounded bottom. Any ideas on what it is or age? Thanks.

NaturalJWL · Mar 11, 2011

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I know the guys in the "Bottles and Glass" section can ID it for you.

I have seen them, but don;t know what it;s called.

Nice Save, Congrats ! :icon_thumright:

taz42o · Mar 11, 2011

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The point behind the rounded bottom was to ensure that the bottle was left on its side so that the wired down cork would not dry out and shrink allowing the contents to loose carbonation and/or evaporate. The typical rounded base bottle was made of thick heavy glass and used for carbonated soda, mineral water, and in particular, ginger ale. They were mold blown with the lip being finished by hand.
These type bottles are commonly referred to as "round bottom sodas" or "ballast bottles" since it is believed that many of them were imported from England as "ballast" (weight) in ships returning to the United States.

http://www.bottlebooks.com/questions/common/round_bottom_sodas.htm

relichunters · Mar 11, 2011

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If it has bubbles in the glass, it's an old bottle.

KinjoVT · Mar 11, 2011

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NaturalJWL said:
I know the guys in the "Bottles and Glass" section can ID it for you.

I have seen them, but don;t know what it;s called.

Nice Save, Congrats !

Thanks I might have to repost over there as well

KinjoVT · Mar 11, 2011

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taz42o said:
The point behind the rounded bottom was to ensure that the bottle was left on its side so that the wired down cork would not dry out and shrink allowing the contents to loose carbonation and/or evaporate. The typical rounded base bottle was made of thick heavy glass and used for carbonated soda, mineral water, and in particular, ginger ale. They were mold blown with the lip being finished by hand.
These type bottles are commonly referred to as "round bottom sodas" or "ballast bottles" since it is believed that many of them were imported from England as "ballast" (weight) in ships returning to the United States.

http://www.bottlebooks.com/questions/common/round_bottom_sodas.htm

Thanks that information sheds some light on it. My bottle does not have any markings but is very similar to those bottles.

KinjoVT · Mar 11, 2011

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relichunters said:
If it has bubbles in the glass, it's an old bottle.

No bubbles except for in the lip area of the bottle.

a2wk · Mar 11, 2011

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Taz nailed it!

NGE · Mar 11, 2011

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Green Check! ........NGE

RickyD · Mar 12, 2011

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That is a gorgeous old bottle, and well worth displaying. Finding them with the wire intact is not very common. Because of the small gauge wire used, the bottle is usually found with the wire long since rusted away.

mick56 · Mar 12, 2011

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I believe they are called torpedo bottles. Probably held soda.

http://www.antiquebottles.com/torpedo/

KinjoVT · Mar 12, 2011

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RickyD said:
That is a gorgeous old bottle, and well worth displaying. Finding them with the wire intact is not very common. Because of the small gauge wire used, the bottle is usually found with the wire long since rusted away.

Thank you. I was wondering about the wire. I figued if it was old it should have rusted away. I am lucky to have found one intact!