I don't see two lines dug through the bottom. I tried shining a light in the bottle unfortunately I'm not sure what I'm looking for. Couldn't see that well either. Thank you to everyone who has helped with identifying this bottle. I wonder how the bottle got from Baltimore to the Potomac River...
No need to be sorry coweatmaize, I enjoyed the conversation and the information and history on this item. I tried searching online but had no idea where to start. It's hard to find information on an item if you don't know its name. The "X" is definitely an "X".
Plumbata, I'm guessing we don't...
Going through bottles in the attic and found this 10.5" tall 4" wide Green glass rectangle container. There is a embossed line around the entire circumfrance of the container with the phrase "Water Line on each side. The bottom right and left side says Mande in U.S.A. What is/was it used for...
Just learned this:
Concentric rings base (CR), circ: 1840-1880
This base type appears on pottery bottles and was formed when the thrown bottle was separated from the potter's wheel. A wire was looped around the bottle's base and crossed. As the wheel spun, the wire was pulled and sliced the...
Thanks for the Name (Victor Butshke). I have a few bottles with clam and mussel shells inside also. I think that it's cools that the clam or mussel grew inside the bottle. It is my Uncles bottle. I'm trying to find information on it. He is not know for parting with bottles or anything very...
Thanks surefaceone for the history. I live near Baltimore so I'm sure that this is the guy. What does it mean that Butschky is listed with 12 barrels of lager beer? Would he have filled the bottles himself from a barrel and then sold the beer?
Thank you for all your help. I'm in no rush. I have been collecting bottles for awhile, but never really read up about bottles. I just kept what I liked and kept what I didn't like all that much too. As a kid I would spend hours in the woods at old dump sites looking through piles of bottles...
Hello I know nothing about this bottle. What is it's history? How old is it? Says BUTSCHKY towards the top of the bottle. It is brown stoneware. Any information you have for me would be great. Thank you.
I think that this is a Pontil? If not what is it called and what is it's history? How old is it? Says BUTSCHKY towards the top of the bottle. It is brown stoneware. Any information you have for me would be great. Thank you.
Hello, I have a stoneware bottle with the word Butschky on front. It stand about 1 ft tall (just a guess) and is brown in color. Could someone tell me the history of this bottle and and estimate of its worth? What are these bottles called? Thanks!