Need Help with Vintage Bat... Updated
 

Is this a Turn of the century Mushroom Bottle Bat? Does anyone know what type of bat or from what period this might be? I recently picked up a large group of bats and this was with the group. I am not a bat guy and have no clue as to what I have here. Thanks in advance for any input.

Dimensions added :

35 1/4 inches long
Bottle is 8 1/2
Handle is 3 3/4
Weight is heavy... around 3 lbs. (i will get an oz. specific a little later...)

Type ?
Period ?
Value ?

Best, J

The pics were 10mb and 9mb and I downsized them...that was the issue...good luck with the bat...

Thank you!
 

Thanks Leon! I really need to evolve with technology.

Can you provide length pls? Has a bottle bat barrel and an interesting knob, but it could be a handle or an implement of some kind.

Dimensions added :
 

Dimensions added :

35 1/4 inches long
Bottle is 8 1/2
Handle is 3 3/4
Weight is heavy... around 3 lbs. (i will get an oz. specific a little later...)

home made bottle style bat

age ???? whenever it was made

worth, I would have it at $125.00

Jim - Thnx for information. I have would be very curious as to time frame of these old bottle bats... 1880's-1900's ??

bottle bats became popular in the late teens to early 20's. So that would pretty much cover the time period

Some additional pictures would be useful, especially of the barrel end and some close ups of the handle meeting the barrel and of the knob.

John

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John - Here are a few more pics...

Thnx for everyone's help !

same as I said before, home made, not a professional bat

Based on the barrel end and the shape of the knob I'd date this bat as 19th century, maybe 1880's-early 1890's. Definitely hand made.

John

congrats
 

quite an interesting handmade bat.

best,
barry

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Thanks John for the info. It looks 19th century to me... I don't recall seeing a 20th century bat that is shaped like this one, but I am not a bat guy per se...

The flat barrel end strongly suggests pre-1890 and the knob shape also reflects 19th century bats. Flat barrel ends were outlawed in 1893.

John

Thank you!
 

Thank you John for the information. Most helpful...

The strange thing about this bat is how I purchased it. I didn't even know it was in the lot of about 15 or so bats I purchased. (It's not the reason why purchased the group of bats, but certainly a nice surprise!)