8 1/2 " Long early/mid 1800 torpedo bottle -aqua colored with K on bottom end

[ivan salis]

8 1/2 " Long early/mid 1800 torpedo bottle -aqua colored with K on bottom end

anyone have any idea who made it and rough time frame -- thinking early to mid 1800's time frame -- anyone?

 

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[SimonLakeSub]

Re: 8 1/2 " Long early/mid 1800 torpedo bottle -aqua colored with K on bottom end

Ivan ,,,, Most aqua Torpedo bottles were manufactured from the late 1860s-1920.


Regards Simon......

 

[Angelo]

Re: 8 1/2 " Long early/mid 1800 torpedo bottle -aqua colored with K on bottom e

Here's a bunch

Tony

http://www.geocities.com/torpedobottlecom/

 

[ivan salis]

Re: 8 1/2 " Long early/mid 1800 torpedo bottle -aqua colored with K on bottom end

thanks guys -- guess I'm really looking for the old needle in a hay stack on this one--- I'm trying to hunt down the maker and approxamate date of manufacture of the hamilton torpedo / egg type "ballast bottle" based only on its color --aqua greenish - size 8 1/2 " long -- and a letter K on the bottom--- (pointed end style )-- its body is plain --so its not a rare color embossed high dollar one -- but its just interesting to me as a bit of history -- Ivan

 

[privateer]

Re: 8 1/2 " Long early/mid 1800 torpedo bottle -aqua colored with K on bottom end

we have these type bottles on a wreck that went down in the late 1800's ours were marked with aqua da Florida.

 

[diggummup]

Re: 8 1/2 " Long early/mid 1800 torpedo bottle -aqua colored with K on bottom end

thanks guys -- guess I'm really looking for the old needle in a hay stack on this one--- I'm trying to hunt down the maker and approxamate date of manufacture of the hamilton torpedo / egg type "ballast bottle" based only on its color --aqua greenish - size 8 1/2 " long -- and a letter K on the bottom--- (pointed end style )-- its body is plain --so its not a rare color embossed high dollar one -- but its just interesting to me as a bit of history -- Ivan

These types of Torpedos with the pointed ends went out of style around the 1860's they were first introduced by William Hamilton of Dublin in 1809. Such bottles had a pointed bottom and were presented rather grandly in a silver holder that kept the bottle vertical on the table. They were used for much of the 19th century, but their odd shape made them difficult to handle, so around the 1860s, manufacturers began to make straight-sided pop bottles with a rounded bottom. As for the "K" I can't offer any help.