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Looking for date of broken bottle pieces

bruce01364

New member
Was rummaging through a pile of broken bottles. Found this bottle bottom with a pontil mark. Not sure how to date them so posting here. The concave bottom is recessed about a half inch. Also found the top of a bottle in the same pile. I believe the lip was attached after the bottle was made. Not sure if the top and bottom are from the same bottle as there were a few broken bottles in the pile. Can anyone give me an estimate of when these bottle parts were made?
 
Your base has a broken off blow pipe mark that is referred to as open pontiled.
Your top has a applied top.
These two indications would date a bottle to before 1850s.
Most open pontiled bottles were replaced with a iron pontil in the 50s and 60s.
Nice pieces, should be some good stuff in that area.
Good Luck
 
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