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    Posted 7 years ago

    s204martin
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    I don't know anything about it. It appears to two have been two pieces put together to make the bottle. No smells from the bottle. It is 9" long and 3" long at widest part

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    1. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 7 years ago
      How big is it?
    2. s204martin s204martin, 7 years ago
      It is 9" long and 3" wide at the widest part
    3. SpiritBear, 7 years ago
      It is an English true torpedo bottle with applied top. They were made from, I think, the mid 1800s to 1920s. Similar bottles without the pointy bottom, I believe, they call Hamiltons.
      Why the bottle's bottom is pointed is up for debate. Some say it was to keep the cork from drying out. Some say it was so the liquid's dealer would get his bottle back because people couldn't set it down, and would drink it where they bought it. Some say it was to copy Greek amphorae in shipment, as they were stacked atop each other in a ship's hold with the pointed end nestled into the shoulders of 4 other bottles. I don't know how much water any of those ideas hold. LOL.

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