Hello everybody
I am looking for some help on this item it’s weight is about 780 grams it’s measures are 18 heigh 13 width 9,5 depth (cm).
It’s a heavy piece with thickwanded glass.
I think it’s a free blown glass but I am not sure (not an expert on it).
It has a pontil scar on the base.
I am searching for about 2 weeks and going with it by several antiquairs and museums and nobody couldn’t tell me how old it is or if it’s a reproduction or something I also can’t find a piece what lookes a bit like it on Google
I really am interested in this piece history also if someone can help me valuing this item then feel free to do so.
I am really curious about it.
the expert here in the Netherlands looked at my pictures and thought it was some kind of Hebron glass but she has to see it in person to give a good answer (I will eventually go to this expert after the summer period).
many thanx in advance.
if it’s a repro from the last decade could the pontil then be a fake?
the color is also strange sometimes it looks green in other lighting it looks blue (i made one picture in the dark with a flashlight in the back of it) ??
also are there many tiny yellow strange dots in this glass (by looking very closely)
And when you look into the glass it seames to been scratched heavily on the bottom (at the inside).
The glass itself containes very much air bubbles
Many thanks for reading and helping in advance.
Regards Michel
Hello
I went to an ancient glass expert.
She took her time to examine the piece and she thought that it was a 19th century Italian reproduction.
She said it was a handblown dipmolded piece.
The value of this glass remains a question, she couldn’t tell me.
Also I asked her about molded glasses, when it’s a reproduction and molded then shouldn’t their be more glass bottles known?
She thought that mine was the first one somebody asked about (at this moment it really could be a exclusive unique piece).
To get a final answer on my questions I could donate it to the museum of corning glass.
After all i think she is right with her story about it.
Still remains my questions about this piece value.
If anyone can help me with it then please do so.
Regards Michel
Good that you saved it !! Its quite a nice find !! Well, if it is from the Mediterranean,, olive oil is sure a possibility !! I am in the U.S so can`t help much but to give observations and opinions !! Do hope that you will come back and post what the expert says !! I would like to know if their opinion agrees with mine little as it may be !! Thanks for posting it,, I enjoyed seeing it !!
Hi thanx for reading my message i got this item by a house cleaning from elderly people who moved out of their house.
it stood by some trash and it intrigued me directly so I took it home.
I really don’t have a clue about its origin.
I went by 2 roman museums and they also didn’t know if it’s a genuine Roman bottle 1 museum sended the bottle (pictures by mail) to their archaeologist and she didn’t knew it either she send it further to a specialist,unfortunately the specialist is on holiday until September.
the other museum said that the bottle wasn’t a common one for this area (netherlands) but could be a bottle from the Mediterranean sea area.
so it remains a mystery.
Very interesting piece you have !! Is this a found item ?? If so,, where did you find it ?? It is hand blown glass and appears to be quite old !! The starange dots you see in the glass itself are likely inclusions or simply impurities which are common to find in early glass !! My guess as to its use would be to hold an oil of some type !! I suggest rather than taking to an antique shop,,a better resource would be a museum !! Was this by chance an underwater or beach find where it may have washed to shore ?? The encrustations look like it may have been !!
