Re: Can anyone tell me about a mini bottle found on the beach?

Hello! Thanks for your response! Did these pontiled bottles come in a
really small size? This bottle would hold less than a shot glass. In
fact, more like a 1/4 of a shot glass of liquid.  I've attached a link
to some photos for anyone who'd like to look. :) Thanks again, JenW

http://hometown.aol.com/dwgn9/myhomepage/photo.html

"Botlnutz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> "Sounds" like you have an early OLD pontiled (method of manufacture)
> miniature "case gin" bottle that would have been possibly refillable.
> Without a picture this is an opinionated guess. ANYBODY ELSE??
> BOTLNUTZ
> "JenW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Can anyone give me some thoughts on what this might be? I recently
> > found a small, handcrafted, green glass bottle in a brass case. I
> > think it is old because of the way it was made. The case is an oval
> > tube fashioned of brass about 4" long, 3/4"-1 1/4" measured at the
> > oval end.  There are ridges pressed into each end of the tube to hold
> > brass end caps, the bottom one flat, the top slightly convex.  The top
> > section of the tube fits over the bottom section (think lipstick
> > tube).  There are concentric circles scratched into the tube (for
> > decorative purposes?).  The metal is not soldered at all.  It was
> > obviously made very carefully to fit together and stay together.
> > Inside the tube is a brass piece with a hole cut fit to the neck of
> > the bottle which holds it in place inside the tube.  I had to pull the
> > tube apart at the seam to get the bottle out. It is rather thick,
> > light green glass, about 1 7/8" tall by 5/8" wide and looks pitted
> > from the sea water.  It has a small cork that looks like it was shaved
> > to fit.  The bottle is a squared oval shape, uneven, doesn't stand
> > straight, obviously hand blown and the glass has some black on it. The
> > bottle is slightly wider at the top than the bottom and holds maybe an
> > ounce. The bottom looks like it was snapped off a base or glass
> > blowing pipe?? Some of the brass has black and green
> > colorations/deposits.  The bottle looks like it's filled with sea
> > water and little black floaties as the cork was saturated. Does anyone
> > have any idea what this might be or how old? What it could have been
> > used for?  It was found on Fort Story beach(near VA beach) after a
> > high tide. Fort Story has a lot of history surrounding it. Could this
> > have anything to do with the military? It doesn't look like it was in
> > the water for years, but I'm no expert. Thanks, JenW