# What is this bottle?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 3, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bottle/627061 "2012-07-03T03:42:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![antiquemama3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@antiquemama3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antiquemama3)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bottle/627061/1 "2012-07-03T03:42:08Z")

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I found this bottle and would like to identify it. There are no stamps or identifying marks that I can find. It’s a clay pottery bottle, fired in a fairly uniform golden brown. Height is 11", width is 3 1/2" all the way up. There is no handle.

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**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bottle/627061/2 "2012-07-03T03:46:54Z")

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You don’t even have a picture?

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bottle/627061/3 "2012-07-03T09:32:18Z")

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[Bols gin bottles](http://www.billcasselman.com/ErvenLucasBols.gif) tended to have stamped info. There was a brand of schnaps mrAru used to pick up in Germany that was in a similar bottle, with a small loop handle near the top on one side but I can not remember the brand offhand.

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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bottle/627061/4 "2012-07-03T11:26:57Z")

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Could be a [beer bottle](http://www.cqout.com/item.asp?id=10448545). The example I linked to has stamped marks, but if you do an image search for “pottery beer bottle,” you’ll see lots of other examples.

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**Author:** ![antiquemama3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@antiquemama3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antiquemama3)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bottle/627061/5 "2012-07-03T13:27:08Z")

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I’ll try to get my daughter to help me post a pic tonight, cause I’m not that literate on the computer. There is no loop on this bottle though. I did see one on ebay like that, and the shape and color are just like mine, except that mine has no loop or stamp.