Remember what Beloch said in the first "Indiana Jones" movie, something like, "This watch, $5.00 from any street vendor, but I bury it in the sand for 1,000 years, and it becomes priceless!" That's pretty much how I look at the less disireable bottles, (and other things). Maybe not 1,000...
I'll try for pictures this week-end. The ones in the basket are pretty much the later twist top bottles destined for storage in the cellar. Pretty much worthless now, but still, they don't make em any more. The embossed cobalt bottle is M.O.M. bottle. "The Chas. H. Phillips Chemical Co...
These were all found locally from Halifax to Tower City area of central PA. The Coke bottle is from Harrisburg PA bottler, I just never saw one like it, any guess as to age? Roxie-never heard of it. It's the slim little fellow that puzzles me though. I'll maybe line some of the bottles up...
Liquid Stove Polish-Manufactured By J.L. Prescott Co.-New York still has some polish in it. This little fellow is a mystery to me, no marks at all, about 5" high and very slim, couldn't have held more than an oz. Very heavy glass and a wide mouth for it's size.
Three interesting pop bottles, from the left, Roxie, (guessing it's a pop bottle) Imbesi Bottle Works-817-19 Carpenter st. Phila, PA. A 60's-70's 7-UP bottle, and an old Coke bottle, Coka-Cola Bottling Works HBG with an arrow and marked "Property Of".
Okay, here's most of what I was given from the old lady up the road. I've sorted them out and found some interesting ones, I'll post next, (along with my old collection).
Hi, I just joined up after spending the afternoon rummaging through a bottle collection that was gifted to me from a neighbor. I'm just guessing here, but there's probably over 100 bottles in the collection, plus about another 100 I've collected over the years. Most all of the gifted bottles...