16.LATE LOIRE FLOWERPOTS

These bottles are part of a lot of over 300 found in a cellar in the Loire Valley. There were over 200 of these late slim flowerpot bottles along with some half bottles and magnums. Most have glass blowpipe pontil scars, a few have iron rod pontil scars. The string rims were mixed, V shaped and rounded. This is really the last evolutionary change that the Flowerpot bottle goes through before going totally straight. Although the heights, widths and shapes varied little the weights and capacities varied considerably. The average measurements were taken on sets of ten bottles taken at random.
Another thing that I have just noticed by looking at the pictures is that the glass is considerably thicker on the standard bottles than on the halves and magnums. The standard bottles are less transparent.

Average on 10 Half Bottles:

Average on 10 Standard Bottles:
Weight 878gms -- Height 29.5cm -- Width 9.7cm -- Capacity 762cc.
The Heights only varied by 5mm and the Widths by 2mm. However the Weights varied from 810 to 970gms and the Capacities from 705 to 850ccs.

Average on 10 Magnum Bottles:

LATE LOIRE FLOWERPOTS

HALVES - BOTTLES - MAGNUMS

HALF BOTTLES.

HALF BOTTLES

HALF BOTTLES

STANDARD BOTTLES

STANDARD BOTTLES

STANDARD BOTTLES

MAGNUM BOTTLES

MAGNUM BOTTLES

MAGNUM BOTTLES