Antique brown liquor bottle - found digging in Tampa area - what is it?

[Chad1978]

Hi treasurenet forum! Any suggestions as to year and what/where this bottle came form. It has NO markings/embossing, only see a ring pontil car on base of bottle and it looks like it is at least 100 years old.

As always, thank you for suggestions!

 

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[osage express]

I am not sure of age or maker.But it is an applied top lady leg necked bottle Nice Find

 

[stillwater]

that's a beautiful bottle. Very nice applied top. Great and old find.

 

[villagenut]

Are you sure that there's a scar on the bottom? The lip is a mineral finish, one that looks pre 1870, but I am not so sure it is pontIed. Nice bottle, I would be thrilled to have dug it.

 

[unclemac]

post this in bottles and glass...you will get a quick and accurate id

 

[DirtyPockects]

Nice bottle

 

[HuntinDog]

Your bottle is commonly referred to as a Brandy or sometimes a Scotch bottle.
By the Applied top finish (distinguished by the extra glass below the top) it was made in the 1870's -1880's.
Although it does have the bulbous neck, commonly referred Ladies Leg bottles contained Bitters and had longer necks and were much taller. (in the 12" area)
A great find.
I would be checking that area a lot more...
Below a picture of my collection of "Ladies Legs".

 

[bill_wabo]

Whisky or cordial bottle, imho. Maybe older bottles are waiting... good luck!

 

[The_Piratess]

I think that it is an old, Madeira Wine bottle from the mid 1800s. Trust me, if anybody would recognize this bottle it would definitely be a piratess like myself... We've raided and pillaged this tiny island for centuries and pilfered galleys full of this fine wine!

Seriously though, a 300 year old bottle of this wine sold for $39,000.00 at Christie's Auction House.

[url=http://www.madeirawineguide.com/10madeira_wine_guide/41about_old_bottles/]MadeiraWineGuide: 41About Old Bottles Archives[/URL]​

 

[ARC]

Here... I will throw ya a "bone"

https://sha.org/bottle/dating.htm

 

[tamrock]

The old dumps around here only have broken bottles.

 

[ARC]

When I was young grandpa took me on a hunt into the very hard to reach mountains in Colorado to an abandoned gold camp...
Was snow everywhere... year round I think... but not that cold...

There was this hole with water right outside a bullet riddled shack...
beautiful blue water...

I could see to the bottom... hundreds of very old bottles... all intact.

 

[unclemac]

sounds like a dream i have had

 

[ARC]

sounds like a dream i have had

Heck... may have only been one of mine...

Errr nope... just remembered...

I actually have a picture somewhere.

 

[coinman123]

I have a few similar ones from a shipwreck in the early 1800's, which I bought for $15 each. Yours looks slightly newers, 1850's is my guess. Awesome find, my oldest dug bottles are only from the 1880's. Finding one like that would be a dream for me, especially complete.