Etched Glass Bottle

Is this bottle supposed to look like that or something is wrong with it? Seems like the pattern is too random.
Thanks

 

I believe this is an example of "glue chip" technology. A specific variety of glue is applied to the glass, it's covered with paper. As the glue dries, it sticks to the glass, shrinks and peels off the surface of the glass when the paper is removed.

see: https://www.google.com/search?site=....0....0...1c.1.49.hp..1.10.1155.0.QBeH8LKdcO0

Hope the link works, if it doesn't Google "Glue Chip Glass."

 

Thanks. Interesting. Most likely that's what it is. Was it made like that by the manufacturer of bottle or the decoration was added later on?
How about the bottle itself, can I date it by the seams? There are two sides seams starting about an inch from the lips, all the way to the bottom. One seam around the neck, where the side ones start and one across the lower part of the body.

 

The presence of the mold seams indicates it was made in a mold. Not when it was made, Sorry.

 

Well....I do not think this is glue chip,... I have made a lot of glue chip glass and to me this looks like "faux" glue chip. It looks like some kind of crystalline finish... If it were glue chip the surface would be torn up, you could feel the chips easily and it would not be a smooth surface at all.
I have never used the paper method, I have always sandblasted the surface of the glass, giving the surface a rough texture so the glue gets a good bond, then painted on the hot animal skin glue and then dried it in a light box. As the glue dries the surface dries first and contracts as it drys it pulls and pops off in chips which makes the patterns you see in true glue chip glass, depending on several techniques you can make snail patterns, feather patterns, double chip, and several others.
This surface on this bottle appears more like a surface finish. You could take an xacto knife and on the bottom near the base you could see if you can remove a tiny bit of the finish.

 

crystal glass paint link:
http://jurgeninc.com/Crystal-Glass-Paints/

applications: http://jurgeninc.com/Crystal-Glass-Paints/Crystal-Clear-Pint-16oz-0-75-oz.html

 

Hi,
Thanks for the explaination of glue chipped glass.
greg

 

Thanks. Appears that the decoration is applied.

 

I see fishies with eyes.

 

Me, too. And maybe other creatures. It looks intentional to me, and kind of interesting.

 

I didn't see anything

I need another beer

 

And just for the record, I was stone cold sober when I saw those fishies. It must have been the Earl Grey tea.