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A pair of black glass (olive-green)
demijohns, 12.5 and 12.75 inches tall...a half-gallon.



On left - single sloping collar lip, blown in a "bottom hinge" mold, pontil scarred base.
Possibly American, circa 1850.


On right - a crude double collar lip (which is an uncommon lip finish for a demijohn), blown in a three-piece mold, smooth base, probably English, circa 1850.
 Black glass (olive-amber) ovoid, nineteen inches tall (about 5 gallons), started in a 2-piece mold and overblown, sand pontil on base, crude applied lip, unknown origin, mid-1800's.
Three one-gallon demijohns with pontil-scarred bases and applied lips. These three bottles illustrate changes in bottle-making technique from about 1780 to 1850.

(left to right)
A. Freeblown, blowpipe (tubular) pontil scar, applied lip not tooled. Circa 1760-80.

B. Dip-mold blown, solid iron bar pontil, applied and tooled lip. Circa 1830.

C. Three-piece mold blown, iron bar pontil (sometimes called a "sand pontil"), applied and tooled lip. Circa 1850.
Another one-gallon demijohn, 13 inches tall x 8 inches wide x 6 inches deep (in the wicker).

Pontil-scarred base and the crude lip treatment suggest this bottle dates to the mid-1800s.  Possibly American.

 

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