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Stoneware Bottle - 7/13/2008 7:15:41 AM    downeast   Posts: 1 Joined: 7/11/2008 Status: offline Recently found here in Downeast Maine and I have no clue. Stoware bottle approximately 10" high with cobalt "M. P. Harryson" inscribed. Any help would be appreciated ... Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Stoneware Bottle - 7/13/2008 8:01:47 AM    madpaddla Posts: 2517 Joined: 12/29/2005 From: The great state of New England Status: online Welcome to the Forum Downeast.  A bunch of nice helpful people here.  About your bottle, I would say it prob is a local piece.  ME has a lot of stonewares.  Value to start is over $40 - 60.  The thing with stoneys is the name will make it rare, common, or a life long quest to find more info.  Best of luck. Madpaddla _____________________________ It pays to look down. Ebay stuff http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZspliffybigfeetQQhtZ-1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ckIv1tiaU&feature=related (in reply to downeast) Post #: 2

RE: Stoneware Bottle - 7/13/2008 10:14:50 AM    beendiggin Posts: 531 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline That is a nice find!  I'm not sure if this is a Maine bottler or not, but I do know that there are about 50 known variations of stoneware bottles from Maine. When I was ten years old I pulled a stoneware bottle like yours out of the muck near the Camden harbor. I wish I still had it, but I didn't know I'd be a bottle collector back then. Sam Fuller Jr. is likely to shed more light on your bottles history if its from Maine, which I think is likely.  He's from Searsport and a member on this forum.  What town did you find it in?  I can do some town research for you.    Anyway welcome to the forum!   If you want to dig together sometime, let me know.   I live in Waldoboro.  _____________________________ Paul Let no cobalt skull that can belong to me belong to another. (in reply to downeast) Post #: 3

RE: Stoneware Bottle - 7/13/2008 8:10:25 PM    stonebottle   Posts: 55 Joined: 3/10/2007 From: SE PA. Status: offline downeast, Hello.  Nice bottle.  That name is listed in the update to "American Stoneware Bottles" by David Graci BUT there is unfortunately no information given about where it is from.  It is a safe bet that it is no newer than about 1874 and that it is from the northeast U.S.  As madpaddla said, it is worth a minimum of $60 if there is no damage.  A lot of bottles have chips on the inside edge of the lip or on the bottom edge.  I also agree that it is VERY difficult to found out anything about the names on some of these stoneware bottles unless maybe there is a known version made of glass.  Did you dig or or buy it?   Either way, it is a nice one.  Good job!  stonebottle   (in reply to downeast) Post #: 4

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