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    Info such as year or manufactute

    That's what I'm reading on there as well. Monongahela probably Pittsburg area? PA likely. Pretty early form too, especially for a US piece. Even damaged that one has to have some value. Jim G
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    Can someone help me date this bottle?

    I'd say anywhere from 1880s to the advent of the automatic bottle machine early 1900s. it's definitely an applied lip with the mold mark ending down the neck a ways. Pretty common medicine bottle. Seen that form used for butter color some as well. Maybe even some foodstuffs. Jim G
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    I need some help with this bottle.

    always hard to part with a hometown bottle, especially a rare one. Jim G
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    Bucket lister acquired !

    You see the Jonsons around but I don't think I've ever seen one in that nice a condition. They're usually pretty beat up. The carters is the smallest of the set of cobalt cathedrals. Usually the hardest one to find as well. Jim G
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    Help with ID/Age of this bottle

    Once you zoom on the lip you can clearly see that it's applied. Late blown in mold applied lip. Likely British or Empire so hard to tell if before or after 1900 as they were not nearly as quick to go straight to ABM when the machines came out. Great color. Good window piece. Jim G
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    Please help me date this old bottle

    My money would be on old bottle but european as well. As said above, without hands on it's hard to give a definite opinion but I've not seen anything modern decorative quite like it but it just doesn't have the feel of American made either. Jim G
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    Pontil or smooth base

    With just your pictures to go by my eye says that's the remains of an iron pontil with the iron gone. But not easy to tell. Even in person. jim G
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    Need help dating this bottle

    Agreed. Very hard to date those sorts of British Empire era bottles. They used the same techniques much longer than we seem to have in the US. Jim G
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    The Iron Pontil

    Odcdly enough i'm not aware of any material nailing down a definite date range for the iron pontil. I don't think I've ever seen one that could be confirmed as older than 1840s and any after 1870 are going to be pretty rare. Stoddard made pretty heavy use of the iron pontil and the first...
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    They Thought It Was a Soda Bottle

    Sauce bottles not my forte. But you really can't lose for $10 and condition looks bright and perfect. I once bought a rather rare ink on Ebay, oddly enough being sold as a sauce bottle. Jim G
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    Saloon half pint Flask

    What do you call that form flask? I don't think I've ever seen one with all that shoulder pipping before. Jim G
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    Clark & Roberts

    Color just screams. Jim G
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    Friedland Bro’s Phillipsburg, N.J.

    Don't think I've ever seen a sided crown top before. Nice bottle. Jim G
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    Black Glass bottle found scuba diving in the bahamas

    Looks like Harry and Sandchip are both posting over there these days.l Jim G
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    Cobalt blue medicine bottle.

    Never seen one before but I'm an east coast guy. We do see midwest medicines some. I suspect it is a rare one, a nice form for a WT standard bottle and a brilliant color. I suspect it is a rather good bottle. Jim G
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