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Peanuts anyone

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« on: April 19, 2015, 09:59:19 pm »

Dear YT,

I have to agree with all of Charll's points. (He must be clairvoyant, because I cover these points in my "guide to dating hardstone bottles", which is a project in progress, and not shown to anyone yet!)

If I was to ignore the bats and peanuts, and look at this as a plain bottle, I would date it to mid-20th century onwards. The carving provides added clues. Deep undercutting, and the perfectly circular indentations on the peanut shells are both characteristics which point towards the use of modern high speed drills. A look at the interior hollowing would be needed before concluding the dating. As it stands, I would say it has a 20% chance or less of being 19th century.

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