I googled Willington. It does look like a Willington, made by the Willington Glass Works, West Willington, Connecticut, 1845-1860, which makes sense since I'm in Connecticut. It looks like one sold at auction for over $1600 a couple years ago. Man, I wish it wasn't broken!
Yeah, maybe I'll lower my price. Just curious, if this was whole, would this be one of those bottle worth over $1,000 or even $10,000. Searching through these forums I've read that some of this big jars actually sell for that much (I'd rather get a car, personally).
Maybe I should make it...
Hi all. I picked up this cathedral bottle at a yard sale last Saturday. It's the first cathedral I've seen in person. Unfortunately, the lip has been broken off. The guy I got it from said he picked it up somewhere as a lamp. There was a metal band around the top and he bought it hoping the...
Thanks for the replies. We hopefully move into our new house on Thursday. After we settle in I'll poke around the mill site and take some pics. More to come.
Hi. I'm new to the forum. I've always picked up and collected old bottles from old dumps in the woods, not really realizing it was a widespread hobby until recently. I live in SE Connecticut and I will be moving next week to a house that has on old sawmill site in the backyard. There's a...