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

As I said it was a guess and ED's description from the pics seem much more
likley. I personally have never seen one of these but I can envision it.
These must be rare? aay ED.
"Ed Faulkner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> It appears to be a traveling inkwell, used by travelers from the late
1700's to
> the early 1800's. The other hole(s) are for a tiny quill pen.  Ed
>
> JenW wrote:
> > 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
>
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