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Snowflake obsidian bottle - help with dating

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marcos
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« on: May 31, 2016, 03:08:49 pm »
Dear All,

I would appreciate if you could share your thoughts regarding dating this snowflake obsidian bottle.

It measures 5 cms.

Thanks a lot,

Marcos
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« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2016, 08:12:56 pm »
Hi Marcos,

An attractive material. Snowflake obsidian is one of the novelty stones which began appearing in the second half of the 20th century. Always difficult to judge bottles from a few photos, without actually handling the piece, but I'd say yours is one of the better ones from this period.

Tom
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« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2016, 01:11:13 am »
Hi Marcos,

    You really need to correct the size of the photos. I can't get the bottle on my screen, because of the large size.
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« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2016, 07:07:02 am »
Dear Tom,

Thank you so much for your help.

Dear Joey,

Sorry about the oversized photos. I will reduce them in future posts.

Best Regards,

Marcos
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« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2016, 03:04:49 pm »
Dear Marcos,

  I appreciate it. I like to give my 'two cents' worth of opinion, but if I can't see the whole bottle, I've no way to give the least judgement.
Having said that, I usually agree with Tom L., Charll and George on hardstone bottles.
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Joey
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