Opinion on 13 colony decantur circa 18th century?

Asking for opinion on this decanter, could it possibly that old? Looks like old federal eagle with arrows and wheat.

 

1976 commemorative
Can't remember if it was Pilgrim or Indiana glass who made these.

 

Wouldnt it have some kind of mark especially if it was made in '76.

 

No, not all bicentennial items had marks to indicate that. Also many decorative items were made around that time frame, that had an Early American look.

Wheaton Glass also made items of this kind.

 

Kanawha.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/464263043/vintage-kanawha-glass-bottle-pitcher?ref=market

 

Good find! Here are images of many other glass items Kanawha has made with the eagle star pattern.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Kanawha+glass&biw=1143&bih=647&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj7gYi8nKXPAhVp6IMKHcDpBiYQ_AUIBigB&dpr=0.9#tbm=isch&q="Kanawha"+eagle+glass

This pattern of theirs is called "Bicentennial." They made it in several colors like amber, blue, yellow, etc...
http://www.replacements.com/crystal/kag.htm

--- Susan

 

I know very little about collecting glass except for the basics. Everyone here has given wonderful responses but very little guidance. So here is a hint for the future. Notice that seam along the bottle where the handle is located. That seam indicates that the bottle was made in a two part mold. Eighteenth century bottles were not mold-made but rather hand-blown. An indication of a hand-blown bottle would be the pontil on the base. A pontil is the scar that remains where the blow-pipe met the molten glass and was then separated.

 

While that is true in many cases, it doesn't answer the question of how you get a specific pattern to appear in free-blown glass. Mold blowing has been used for that purpose since at least the 4th century. If you are using a mold, mold lines might appear. There may be a difference between mold artifacts left on the glass in a mold-blown instance, as opposed to injection molded practices... that's beyond me.

I do agree with the others that this is a bicentennial commemorative.

 

Actual, the use of glass molds in the US dates to the early 1800's, so while 18th century bottles weren't made this way, 19th century ones were.

 

This "Pitkin" flask is dated 1780-1830 and a mold was used to create it.

 

They have been mouth blowing glass into molds for centuries. Free blown bottles will have no mold seam and even some BIM bottles won't have a mold seam if it was spun in the mild before cooling.
There are many examples of 18th century bottles with BIM embossing. The difference is how the glass was blown into the mold, the blowing of the glass into the mold by a machine came into use for commercial production in the early-to-mid 19th century.

 

A vigorous discussion, at any rate.