I've got a Rare milk from Peerless out of Etna, PA. It has developed this odd rainbow coloring on the inside of the bottle. It is not within the glass, it's on the inside. Its kind of flaking off and only visible under certain lighting conditions. We never noticed it before and I don't believe...
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i have 3 new bottle pieces that i brought home from hunting because i never seen or heard of them before and wanted to post them for you all to see. right now i cannot reduce the photo size, but i'll work on it. if anyone uses a good free photo editor for this please advise.
first is...
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anyone hear of this bottle
embossed:
MAY'S
DY-IT
PITTSBURG
recently found in Pittsburgh PA, small circular, has small bubbles in glass and in bottom corners, no seams, half inch circle on base, looks 1900-1910ish??
thanks for any information
Eric
Recently found 2 large wine bottles embossed PIO Wine, Any info would be great. I searched here and nothing came up on this site, which could be good or bad.
It says to stand it kind of crooked not straight up. Whats that all about?
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I've been looking for privies lately after seeing all of the good finds on the site. I really have only dug in old dumps. I was wondering, are privies usually lined with rocks in a circular pattern?
it sounds dumb but i found a hole in the ground that is within 50 feet of and old(i...
M T C..................Thatcher Manufacturing Company, Kane, PA; Wharton, NJ; other plant locations in later years (c.1904-1985). Usually seen in the form of a large T with smaller "m" and "c" sheltered underneath the "roof" of the T. This mark was used c.1923 to the early 1950s, and is mostly...
Thanks for that information, everyone!!
I'll pass the info on to my dad, he owns the bottle and will be happy to hear that there may be less than 35 like his to be known to exist. Although he dug his so it needs added to the list right?!?
Just an update and question about this bitters bottle.
I recently found a listing of the bottle that has this info:
CARPATHIAN// HERB BITTERS// HOLLANDER DRUG CO. (in script)//BRADDOCK, PA
9"x2 3/4"x6 1/2
square, amber, LTC, applied mouth, tooled lip, rare
M&Q, TMS 70, UMB 400, WAT...
well then, from what i read on that site, the crown top was capped with a metal cap that we are familiar with from the very beginning. therefor this bottle should not have the closure shown.
i thought the bottle looked to new for the old closure
thanks