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However, this determination would be incorrect for this bottle! This bottle has side mold seams which fade out on the neck where indicated in the picture click to enlarge and do not show at any point above that on the bottle.
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We now know that this bottle was either a free-blown or dip molded and that it is highly likely to date prior to 1870 - possibly much earlier.
The bottom of the bottle has a mold circle and has the Owens Illinois mark flanked on the right by a 2, on the left by what may or may not be a 1 and beneath the mark there is a 14.
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