Squat cylinder wine bottle

[RelicDude]

This is something you don't see everyday. Congrats onthe the beautiful mallet. I think just because of the age of this peace it's worthy if being on the banner.

 

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[Harry Pristis]

I don't think this qualifies as a mallet, not even a "transitional" mallet.

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It is actually a base-diameter to body-height ratio which is the key to distinguishing mallets from squat cylinders, according to Roger Dumbrell in his book, UNDERSTANDING ANTIQUE WINE BOTTLES.

Here's what Dumbrell says in his book: "...mallet wine bottles have broad bases, considerably exceeding their body height [height to the start of the curve of the shoulder]. Conversely, the squat cylindrical bottle invariably has a body height greater than its base diameter."

That is:
It is a mallet when the body height to the shoulder divided by the diameter of the base gives an number of less than one.

It is a squat cylinder when the body height divided by the diameter of the base gives an answer greater than one.

Dumbrell does not use the term "transitional mallet," but we could infer that:
It is a "transitional mallet" when the body height divided by the diameter of the base gives an answer of about one.

 

[PalmettoPride]

So is this a squat cylinder or other type?

 

[RelicDude]

Awesome info Harry I didn't know there was a difference. It's a squat wine.

 

[Harry Pristis]

So is this a squat cylinder or other type?

I just posted the key for determining the difference between such bottles.

 

[PalmettoPride]

I'll measure it when I get home & post the results.

 

[PalmettoPride]

It's 8.5 inches by 3.75 inches so it's a squat cylinder.

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

That is an awesome find to come across. We have to spend many, many hours underwater to find a bottle like that. As for the sand blasting, I would just leave it alone because it gives this bottle some unique characteristics that speaks to it's own history.
Love the bottle, well done.
ZDD

 

[PalmettoPride]

That is an awesome find to come across. We have to spend many, many hours underwater to find a bottle like that. As for the sand blasting, I would just leave it alone because it gives this bottle some unique characteristics that speaks to it's own history.
Love the bottle, well done.
ZDD

Appreciate it. I plan to leave it just like it is- and I will be checking the bars the next time the river is really low. Columbia is rich with history and you never know what the river will turn up.