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Thursday, June 25, 2026

Small Regional Glasshouse Olive-Green Lady's Leg Whiskey Bottle (?)

 


Beauty doesn't scream.  It doesn't have to.  You can't help but be absorbed into it, like the subtle hint of a totally confident smile dominates an entire room.  You want a name, but the smile makes it unnecessary.

Wait a minute.  You aren't on the wrong site.  I'm just playing around.

Above is an attractive dark green applied-lip blown bottle find.  The "ladys-leg" neck shows several long stretch bubbles.  The nicely proportioned barrel seems to taper ever so slightly.  There is no embossed name, but there are some hidden hints begging to be interpreted.

Here is the bottom of the bottle.



You can see a rather clear symbol that looks like maybe a plus or X and opposite that a very faint O or something.  

If the signs and symbols are correctly interpreted, I'd say this is a 1850–1870 American whiskey bottle from a small regional glasshouse

The dark olive-green is a classic whisky color. The lady's leg is typical 1840 - 1870 era. The 13-inch height and four-inch base is also rather standard for a whiskey. On the bottom you can see a post-mold tooling scar. The plus sign, or whatever it is, is probably a hand-engraved mold cutter's mark, and the O, probably a mold identifier.

Small Regional Glasshouse Olive-Green Lady's Leg Whiskey Bottle (?)

  Beauty doesn't scream.  It doesn't have to.  You can't help but be absorbed into it, like the subtle hint of a totally confide...