The Confederation… of Toilet Hole Adventurists of the Southern States

As far as I can tell, this unembossed porter was blown in a half-pint dip mold. Very unusual for an iron pontiled half-pint. If it was a three part mold, it would have to have been severely underblown and/or fire polished to so completely remove any trace of mold seam. I see no evidence of either, under 3X magnification.

However there is clearly a whittled area which stops at what appears to be a vertical dip mold seam which encircles the body around the shoulder, as with most all dip molds of the 1800′s.

Odd color, odd lip, odd form and gnarly pontil.

Obtained at a West Virginia flea market or estate sale by the prior owner (if I recall correctly) along with a yellow-green, iron-pontiled quart of Pittsburgh origin.

Possibly from a smaller, unidentified glass house in the Atlantic or West Virginia region (I suspect there were many) this bottle is certainly not characteristic of the norm for this era, circa 1845-50.

For what it’s worth, it also employs the same short, double-taper of the orange amber ale (previously mentioned in another post) although on one side the glass ran out and displays as a short single taper.

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