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[britishseapowerman]

larger version of the first pic...

 

[britishseapowerman]

Another picture from the weekend next to other finds which will also give an idea of scale...

 

[cowseatmaize]

OK, from the base I see it's clear all the way I think. The size and bulb neck also says perfume, cologne or similar to me. Please post the base also but I don't expect it's pontil.

 

[botlguy]

Now I like that little dude even more. Outstanding ! I'm in with the perfume / cologne folks.

 

[britishseapowerman]

Base

 

[britishseapowerman]

Wrong way round that was the top and this is the base Does anyone have any idea of value? Besides the very slight chip in the rim at the top it is in very good condition.

 

[surfaceone]

ORIGINAL: britishseapowerman

Hello Grant,

Welcome to the Blue Pages & thanks for bringing this lovely bottle to our attention.

I've not seen one before. I immediately thought of Price's Patent Candle Co. Their unique wedge glycerin bottle is also a humdinger.

"...When William Wilson and his partner Benjamin Lancaster had first set up Edward Price and Co they had deliberately avoided using their own names. In England in 1830 there was still unwillingness among the middle classes to be associated with a trade. For a former merchant to turn candle-maker would have seemed puzzling and the tallow candle trade in particular was perceived as a very low class activity, involving dead animals and unpleasant smells. Perhaps it was for this reason that the fictitious Edward Price was created to front the new business - although there is a suggestion that one of Benjamin Lancaster's aunts had the name Price. It took less than twenty years for Mr Price to become a household name and he remains one to this day..." Price's Patent Candles Ltd. <<< heck'a good history here<<<

They dealt in all kinds of exotic oils. I wonder if this wasn't a light perfumed hair oil, or something similar. Does it hold an ounce?

I wouldn't clean that either. I think it looks great.

So what about this dig you were on?

 

[britishseapowerman]

Wow - that's a lot more information than I ever expected to get! Thanks so much. I reckon you could just about get an ounce in - so it makes sense.

It wasn't so much a dig, well not in the traditional sense - I was bottle diving here in bermuda - just picking random spots to have a dig(waft the sand away) at peopled spots around the island. This one appeared in the sand - fortunately she was on her side and the whole bottle became exposed quite quickly - if the body had became apparent first i may have pulled it and broker the neck!

 

[deepbluedigger]

It's almost certainly a perfumers bottle, from the Price of Price & Gosnell (a different family from the Price of Candle Co fame). The giveaway signs are the bulb in the neck which, in British bottles, is a sure sign of a perfumer origin. There are early (circa 1830 - 1860) bottles in flint glass in an almost identical shape from other London perfumers.

Value is difficult. Without a pontil mark probably around £20-£40. With a pontil scar (from the base photo it doesn't seem to be pontilled, although there could be a faint scar there) more like £100-£150, even with the lip chip.

I like it a lot. If you decide to sell it, please drop me a line!

Jerry

(York, UK)

 

[frozenmonkeyface]

I love it!!