This is a long shot, but I was wondering if any collectors of paper labels may be able to help identify this somewhat unique bottle. It looks like an import ale from the first decades of the 20th century. It has an acid etched hops and wheat design which matches part of the label.
Here are some...
Here are a few good links for investigating various common (non-bottle) digging finds.
For lamps, kerosene heaters etc...:
http://www.milesstair.com/
http://www.earlycat.com/
https://artoluys.com/index.php/en/
http://www.aladdinlamps.info/index.htm...
I would certainly be interested in digging in Maine. I am from NY, but my Family is from Cape Ann, Mass, which I visit several times a year. I am a huge proponent of Moxie, the undisputed king of soft drinks!
Moxie was popular in NY 100 years ago, although I have never found a complete bottle...
Post photos of your NY area porcelain stoppers
I already have photos of the following (but post them anyway in case there are multiple addresses or versions.)
Obermeyer & Liebmann
A. Krumenaker
Jacob Ruppert
Hobby Bottling Co., Mt. Vernon
The Deer Park Brewing Co., Port Jervis, N. Y.
Briarcliff...
I'd forgotten that there was a codd of D. H. Smith! I've found several D. H. Smiths, but only recently I found what I believe is part of that type of bottle. I imagined that it must belong to a blob ginger-ale bottle, but now that I see the shoulder area I see that it is clearly a codd. Very...