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    Who still has their first dug bottle!

    I remember almost 60 years ago tromping through the woods in NH with my bottle collecting family. Bored to death and carrying my bottle-digger. I spotted a triangular dark shard of glass laying flat on the ground and tapped it with my hoe. It didn't move. I started to scratch around the glass...
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    Broken bottles worth keeping, selling, donating, chucking

    I had several broken/colorful bottles that I took and cleaned and then covered with a towel and took a hammer to them; making shards. Then I took a 'shadow box' and replaced the back with clear glass and placed them between the two pieces of glass. It makes a good keepsake and conversation...
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    frying utensil?

    looks like an old rug beater.
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    black opaque bottle, seems old

    I would say its a 'black glass' whiskey from around the 1890's. Great find!
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    Stoneware time!

    Funny Story... I have a fair amount of stoneware and pottery jugs. Several years ago I ran across this jug (see photo) at a flea market. It had been broken into many pieces and glued back together. I went to pay for the item and the lady kindly said "you know this has been repaired?" I...
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    Replace a Label or Keep with bottle?

    Thank you for your advise.
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    Replace a Label or Keep with bottle?

    Thank you, this helps.
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    Replace a Label or Keep with bottle?

    Hi All: I have a couple of bottles (1 bottle - 1 ink) that the label has dried and come loose from the bottle. I have the labels (see photo) and can't decide whether to reattach the label, or just keep it with the bottle. If I choose to reattach, any suggestions on what to use and how to...
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    Bizarre base marking/pontil combo on import black glass

    Wow! If its a dark green glass ( making it look black) it could be a Stoddard glassworks bottle. That mark is very familiar. Check it out.
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    Best bottle brush for cleaning the inside of bottles?

    Quite often you can find good bottle brushes in the Big Box Stores in the Baby/Infant Department. Used for cleaning feeding bottles, etc.
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    Lighting when taking pics of Embossed Bottles

    Great idea. I wonder if you could put a light box on the keyboard with the back screen white for another effect?
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    What to do with the commons and/or slicks

    If they are colorful, I take and break them and use the shards as shown. If I dig a good color of shard I keep it as well. Then I buy an inexpensive shadow box frame, one that the back can be easily removed and cut a piece of glass (or have it cut) to fit this opening. This way you have glass...
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