Just a bit of a update for those intrested. Yes they are considered Torpedo bottle, Hutchinson Bottle refers to the wire cap that would of been on the top. Right now I'm still not sure if they are Hutchinson Style or did they originally have corks, I'm leaning toward the latter based on the Round bottle bottom, as fancypants pointed out the reason was more to keep the cork wet, keeping it in place. There is right now 25 or so on Ebay, only about 12 like these. Most are asking 9.99 to 30.00 for theirs, but the past sales tells a different story. only like these has sold and they was for 4 bucks plus shipping, some really cool ones has sold for more, one making it past the $100.00 mark, but these are really cool ones. I have learned that this style is a bit harder to find then the English ones, but the English ones look lots cooler
. I would say that I would have to post these a $3.00 + $9.00 on ebay and a 50% chance of sale. With the exception of the one with the label. Labelled ones are or seem to be very rare. In my new Antique trader Bottle book
it did make a small note on this, so I went back looking, have not found any with a label yet. I think this one could still prove to be a gem
Either way I have learned my $14.00 worth already. Oh and Hosman let me know if you are intrested I will be posting probably in two weeks.
